Yelping

3 definitions found

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]:

  yelping
       n : a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog) [syn: {yelp}]

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

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "yelping":
     bawling, blatant, boanergean, brawling, clamorous, clamoursome,
     crying, loudmouthed, noisy, obstreperous, openmouthed, screaming,
     shouting, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, yammering, yapping,
     yelling