yelp

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  1. intransitive verb To utter a short, sharp bark or cry: excited dogs yelping; yelped in pain when the bee stung.
  2. transitive verb To utter by yelping.
  3. noun A short, sharp cry or bark.

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  • The dog leaped into the air with a terrified yelp, then made a mad dash for escape as the cat followed, yowling like seven demons from hell. —  Mary Jo Putney - The Rake.htm
  • Before the occupants could even yelp, they were in the briny creek water. —  073 - The Freckled Shark
  • He started to push her inside— —and let out a startled yelp, and Lexi was jerked backwards. —  FSF,October2007
  • Another fury on his back Bishop We could hear them yelp, yelp, yelp, while they were on the tracks and heard them when they came up to the bears. —  The Bark Covered House
  • Then almost as soon as I had decided to go for it the boy let out a yelp, a triumphant shriek and he lunged back lifting his hips off the ground and driving my fingers hard into his body. —  XXXX
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

squeal ·  howl ·  gasp ·  whimper ·  scream ·  growl ·  bellow ·  whoop ·  whine ·  hoot ·  sob ·  squeak

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yelp:   yelps ·  yelped ·  yelping
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English yelpen, to cry aloud, from Old English gelpan, gielpan, to boast; see ghel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also dial. yaup, yawp; from Middle English yelpen, ʒelpen, boast, from Anglo-Saxon gilfan, gielpan, gylpan (preterit gealp) (Middle High German gelfen), boast, exult, = Icelandic gjālpa, yelp; perhaps ult. akin to yell. The modern sense ‘yelp’ as a dog is prob. due to Scandinavian Cf. yawp.
  2. from Middle English yelp, ʒelp, from Anglo-Saxon gielp, gylp, boast; from the verb.
 

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