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A prolonged wavering vocal cry, often with rapidly repeated changes in pitch.
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- piercing ululation
- mournful ululation
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A long ululation rose beyond the wall.
The crowd’s ululation marked the celebration.
A mournful ululation followed the prayer.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular ululation; plural ululations; also mass. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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