/yel/ , v.i.
1. to cry out or speak with a strong, loud, clear sound; shout: He always yells when he is angry.
2. to scream with pain, fright, etc.
v.t.
3. to utter or tell by yelling: to yell an order to the troops.
n.
4. a cry uttered by yelling.
5. a cheer or shout of fixed words or syllables, as one adopted by a school or college to encourage a team.
[ bef. 1000; (v.) ME yellen, OE gellan, giellan; c. G gellen to resound, D gillen; akin to OE galan to sing (see NIGHTINGALE); (n.) ME, deriv. of the v. ]