About The Word Yelp
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Yelp
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What's The Definition Of Yelp?
[n] a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
[v] bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped" Synonyms | Synonyms for Yelp: yap | yelping | yip Related Terms | Find terms related to Yelp: Yelp In Webster's Dictionary \Yelp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Yelped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Yelping}.] [OE. yelpen, [yogh]elpen, to boast, boast
noisily, AS. gielpan, gilpan, gylpan; akin to OHG. gelph
arrogant: cf. Icel. gj[=a]lpa to yelp. Cf. {Yap}.]
1. To boast. [Obs.]
I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe. --Chaucer.
2. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly
with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.
A little herd of England's timorous deer, Mazed with
a yelping kennel of French curs? --Shak.
At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he
would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation.
--W. Irving.
\Yelp\, n. A sharp, quick cry; a bark. --Chaucer. |
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