Made a long, loud, mournful cry or wailing sound, like a wolf or someone in pain.
From Old English 'hūl' or Germanic roots imitative of the sound itself. The word has remained largely unchanged for over a thousand years because it naturally mimics the sound it describes.
Onomatopoeia like 'howl' are some of the oldest words in English because humans invented them by copying animal sounds—it's literally language at its most honest!
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