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1. A ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars)
    
2. A sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
   - dandy

1. Emit long loud cries
   "yawl with sorrow";
   - howl, ululate, wail, roar, yaup

Sounds like: yacks, yawl

Derived forms: yawling, yawled, yawls

Type of: call, cry, holler [informal], hollo [non-standard], sailing ship, sailing vessel, scream, shout, shout out, small boat, squall, yell

Encyclopedia: Yawl