Definitions for: Yelp

[n] a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
[v] bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]
1. To boast. [Obs.]

I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe. --Chaucer.

2. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly
with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.

A little herd of England's timorous deer, Mazed with
a yelping kennel of French curs? --Shak.

At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he
would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation.
--W. Irving.

Yelp, n.
A sharp, quick cry; a bark. --Chaucer.

Synonyms: yap, yelping, yip

See Also: bark, cry

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