Yelp
[jelp] or [jɛlp]
Definition
(v. i.) To boast.
(v. i.) To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.
(n.) A sharp, quick cry; a bark.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Yaup, bark, cry (as a dog).
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Definition
v.i. to utter a sharp bark.—n. a sharp quick cry or bark.—n. Yelp′er.
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Examples
- Another yelp, and overboard you go. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Pilot pricked up his ears when I came in: then he jumped up with a yelp and a whine, and bounded towards me: he almost knocked the tray from my hands. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The proud knight instantly stopped, turned back, folded his arms, drew up his form to its full height, and exclaimed, Peace, ye yelping curs! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Professor Porter rolled over upon his stomach; gingerly he bowed his back until he resembled a huge tom cat in proximity to a yelping dog. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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