ululate
verb
ul·u·late
ˈəl-yə-ˌlāt
ˈyül-
ululated; ululating
: to utter a loud, usually protracted, high-pitched, rhythmical sound especially as an expression of sorrow, joy, celebration, or reverence : howl
… eight singers took to the aisle, dancing with ferocious energy as the chorus sang, ululated and clapped in an exuberant, multisensory ode to joy.—Susan Saccoccia
As soon as he said our mother's name, my sisters began to wail: keening, ululating cries, the Greek expression of sorrow for the dead.—Nicholas Gage
ululation
ˌəl-yə-ˈlā-shən
noun
ˌyül-
As they rounded the tent the third time to the open doorway, they acknowledged the departure of the Old Woman with high-pitched trills and ululations…
—Barbara A. Worley
When women spot Maathai, they surround her, offering congratulations, bursting into cries of celebratory ululation, asking to snap a picture with her.
—Judith Stone
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