yaup

Verb

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

  1. emit long loud cries“wail in self-pity”“howl with sorrow”Synonyms: howlululatewailroaryawl
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Yaup \Yaup\, v. i. [See Yap, and Yelp.] To cry out like a child; to yelp. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.] [Written also yawp.] [1913 Webster]

Yaup \Yaup\, n. [Written also yawp.] [1913 Webster]

1.A cry of distress, rage, or the like, as the cry of a sickly bird, or of a child in pain. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]

2.(Zool.) The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

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