Yelp

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yelp \Yelp\, n.
     A sharp, quick cry; a bark. --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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}.]
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     1. To boast. [Obs.]
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              I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe. --Chaucer.
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     2. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly
        with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.
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              A little herd of England's timorous deer,
              Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs? --Shak.
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              At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he
              would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation.
                                                    --W. Irving.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  yelp
       n : a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog) [syn: {yelping}]
       v : bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped" [syn: {yip},
            {yap}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  118 Moby Thesaurus words for "yelp":
     air a grievance, bark, battle cry, bawl, bay, beef, bell, bellow,
     bellyache, bitch, blare, blat, blate, bleat, blubber, boom, bray,
     breathe, buzz, cackle, call, caterwaul, chant, cheer, chirp,
     clamor, complain, coo, crab, croak, crow, cry, drawl, exclaim,
     flute, fret, fret and fume, fuss, gasp, give tongue, give voice,
     gripe, groan, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grunt, hail, halloo,
     hiss, holler, hollo, hoot, howl, hurrah, keen, kick, lilt,
     lodge a complaint, low, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moo, mumble,
     murmur, mutter, neigh, nicker, pant, pipe, pule, raise a howl,
     rallying cry, register a complaint, roar, rumble, screak, scream,
     screech, shout, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, snap, snarl, snort,
     sob, squall, squawk, squeak, squeal, take on, thunder, troat,
     trumpet, twang, ululate, wail, war cry, war whoop, warble, whicker,
     whine, whinny, whisper, whoop, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yip,
     yo-ho, yowl