rebel yell
nounDefinition of rebel yell
: a prolonged high-pitched yell often uttered by Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War
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Either way, both fragrances manage to distill the rebel yell of the contemporary art of the world: unsettling, unorthodox, and anything but pleasant. — Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, "A New Series of Art World Perfumes Is Challenging What It Means to Smell Good," 24 May 2019 Is rainbow hair the season’s rebel yell or a straight-up party anthem? — Vogue, "Extreme Kaleidoscopic Hair Is Sweeping London Fashion Week," 16 Sep. 2018 His face is contorted into a deranged smirk, his eyebrows raised and his teeth bared, as if fixing around that shrill yawp of the rebel yell. — Connor Towne O'neill, Daily Intelligencer, "America’s Ugliest Confederate Statue Isn’t Coming Down Anytime Soon," 16 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rebel yell.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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