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howl at

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howl at someone or something 
1. Lit. [for a canine] to bay at someone or something. The dog howls at me when I play the trumpet. The wolves howled at the moon and created a terrible uproar.
2. and hoot at someone or something Fig. to yell out at someone or something. The audience howled at the actors and upset them greatly. We hooted at the singer until he stopped.
3. Fig. to laugh very hard at someone or something. Everyone just howled at Tom's joke. I howled at the story Alice told.
See also: howl
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Children come and visit the park and have heard stories of wolfmen and werewolves and men that howl at the moon.
LEADER OF THE PACK; Shaun Ellis is a man in wolf's clothing, living ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
He must have been about one when it first started and he would howl at the church bells.
The moon's a balloon for howling Fergus; DOG EXPERT EXPLAINS GOLDEN ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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