pekikanBahasa Indonesia

cry, yell, bellow, bellowing, call

Rare #51,444 of the corpus · 0.4 per million words · 1,610 occurrences

From pekik (…-an) · rare, #51,158

Noun

A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

English: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl

Bahasa: gemuruh, mengaum, dengungan, jerit, aum, pekik, tempik, tempikan

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A long loud emotional utterance

English: howl, howling, ululation

Bahasa: teriakan, jeritan, mengaum

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4 more noun senses

Encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators

English: cheering, shouting

Bahasa: teriakan, jeritan

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A high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

English: screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming

Bahasa: teriakan, jeritan, jerit, tempikan

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A short high-pitched noise

English: squeak

Bahasa: cit, ciut, decit

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A loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)

English: cry, yell

Bahasa: jeritan, pekik

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