howl down



howl someone down

 and hoot someone down
Fig. to yell at or boo someone's performance; to force someone to stop talking by yelling or booing. The audience howled the inept magician down. They howled down the musician.
See also: down, howl

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
RoxieRAHK-seeEnglish
HewieHYOO-eeEnglish (Rare)
LishaLISH-əEnglish
GrantGRANTEnglish, Scottish
Hyatt['haiət]
IlonaEE-lo-naw (Hungarian), ee-LO-nah (German), EE-lo-nah (Finnish)Hungarian, German, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech