yelp(n = noun.event) yelping, yip - a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog);
is a kind of cry
Derived form verb yelp1
yelp(v = verb.communication) yap, yip - bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped"
is one way to bark
Derived forms noun yelp1, noun yelping1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
1. To boast. [1913 Webster]
"I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe." [1913 Webster]
2. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup. [1913 Webster]
"A little herd of England's timorous deer,
Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs?" [1913 Webster]
"At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation." [1913 Webster]
A sharp, quick cry; a bark. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
yelp, n. & v.
--n. a sharp shrill cry of or as of a dog in pain or excitement.
--v.intr. utter a yelp.
Derivative:
yelper n.
Etymology:
OE gielp(an) boast (imit.): cf. YAWP
VB creak, grate, jar, burr, pipe, twang, jangle, clank, clink, scream, yelp, buzz, set the teeth on edge, corcher les oreilles, pierce the ears, split the ears, split the head, offend the ear, grate upon the ear, jar upon the ear.
VB cry, roar, bellow, blare, rebellow, growl, snarl, bark, bow-wow, yelp, bay, bay at the moon, yap, yip, yipe, growl, yarr, yawl, snarl, howl, grunt, gruntle, snort, squeak neigh, whinny, bray, mew, mewl, meow, purr, caterwaul, pule, baa, bleat, low, moo, troat, croak, peep, coo, gobble, quack, honk, gaggle, guggle, crow, caw, squawk, screech cackle, cluck, clack, chuck, chuckle, hoot, hoo, chirp, cheep, chirrup, twitter, cuckoo, warble, trill, tweet, pipe, whistle, hum, buzz, hiss, blatter, ratatat.