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.