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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

YELP, v.i. To bark, as a beagle-hound after his prey, or as other dog.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: ²yelp Date: 1501 a sharp shrill bark or cry (as of a dog or turkey); also squeal II. verb Etymology: Middle English, to boast, cry out, from Old English gielpan to boast, exult; akin to Old High German gelph outcry Date: 1553 intransitive verb to utter a sharp quick shrill cry <dogs yelp> transitive verb to utter with a yelp

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a sharp shrill cry of or as of a dog in pain or excitement. --v.intr. utter a yelp. Derivatives: yelper n. Etymology: OE gielp(an) boast (imit.): cf. YAWP

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(yelps, yelping, yelped) If a person or dog yelps, they give a sudden short cry, often because of fear or pain. Her dog yelped and came to heel. VERB: V • Yelp is also a noun. I had to bite back a yelp of surprise. N-COUNT: oft N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. Yaup, bark, cry (as a dog).

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To cry out. Yelper; a town cryer, also one apt to make great complaints on trifling occasions.

Moby Thesaurus

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