Howl v. i. [imp. & p. p. Howled p. pr. & vb. n. Howling.]
  1. To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
     And dogs in corners set them down to howl.   --Drayton.
  Methought a legion of foul fiends
  Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears.   --Shak.
  2. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
     Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand.   --Is. xiii. 6.
  3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
     Wild howled the wind.   --Sir W. Scott.
  Howling monkey. Zool. See Howler, 2.
  Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. --Deut. xxxii. 10.