yelp

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: yipyelpingyap

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)Synonyms: yipyelping

Verb (1)

  1. bark in a high-pitched tone“the puppies yelped”Synonyms: yipyap
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Yelp \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.] [1913 Webster]

1.To boast. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe.— Chaucer.[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?— Shak.[1913 Webster]
At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation.— W. Irving.[1913 Webster]
Yelp \Yelp\, n. A sharp, quick cry; a bark. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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