What Does Ululation Mean?

Ululation, from Latin ululo, is a long, wavering, high-pitched vocal sound resembling a howl with a trilling quality. It is produced by emitting a high pitched loud voice accompanied with a rapid back and forth movement of the tongue and the uvula.

What ululation means?

: to utter a loud, usually protracted, high-pitched, rhythmical sound especially as an expression of sorrow, joy, celebration, or reverence : howl …

How do you use ululation in a sentence?

Ululation in a Sentence ?
  1. Letting out a loud, high-pitched ululation, the deceased woman's daughter continued to wail over her casket.
  2. The sound of the mother's ululation cold be heard over the cries of all of the other grieving parents at the crash site.
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