Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To utter a sharp cry; yelp.
- intransitive verb To talk loudly, raucously, or coarsely.
- noun A bark; a yelp.
- noun Loud or coarse talk or utterance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dialectal form of
yelp .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb See
yaup .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive to
yelp , orutter asharp cry , as in intense pain, or another raucous noise - verb intransitive to
talk loudly andcoarsely - verb intransitive
clamor , utter loud complaints - noun a yelp or
bark - noun
loud orcoarse talk
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make a raucous noise
- verb complain whiningly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The concert explores the "yawp" - and its implications for the "primitive and direct poetics" that Coleman argues is distinctly American.
Bostonist 2009
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It thus becomes an inarticulate patriotic "yawp," of tremendous ear-splitting power.
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For many, his "touch," like Walt Whitman's "yawp," still exemplifies an authentic American spirit.
Height and Depths of Expression Lance Esplund 2011
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As the poem required, we contained multitudes, contradicted ourselves, let forth a barbaric yawp, and much much more.
Steve Heilig: The Greatest Poetry Reading Ever? Steve Heilig 2011
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Rather than rescue the late work, this retrospective ends an iconic American career not with an exuberant yawp, but, sadly, with a whimper.
Height and Depths of Expression Lance Esplund 2011
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As the poem required, we contained multitudes, contradicted ourselves, let forth a barbaric yawp, and much much more.
Steve Heilig: The Greatest Poetry Reading Ever? Steve Heilig 2011
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Then it dawned on Cassidy, too, and for a second all he did was yawp and utter a low, breathy “Shit!”
The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011
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As the poem required, we contained multitudes, contradicted ourselves, let forth a barbaric yawp, and much much more.
Steve Heilig: The Greatest Poetry Reading Ever? Steve Heilig 2011
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Keating is even the kind of educator who can coax from a shy, stuttering student (Ethan Hawke) Walt Whitman's famed "barbaric yawp."
Caroline Hagood: The 'Dead Poets Society' Guide to Teaching Caroline Hagood 2010
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As the poem required, we contained multitudes, contradicted ourselves, let forth a barbaric yawp, and much much more.
Steve Heilig: The Greatest Poetry Reading Ever? Steve Heilig 2011
andrew.simone commented on the word yawp
I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,. I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world. -Whitman
December 19, 2006