Overview of noun yawl

The noun yawl has 2 senses

• yawl -- (a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars))


• yawl, dandy -- (a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost)

Overview of verb yawl

The verb yawl has 1 sense

• howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup -- (emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow")