Definition of Yelp

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bark, yap; utter a shrill cry, squeal
bark, yap; shrill cry, squeal
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(v. i.)
To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.
  
(v. i.)
To boast.
  
(n.)
A sharp, quick cry; a bark.
  
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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. gjālpa to yelp. cf. yap.]
1. to boast. [obs.] i keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe.
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? at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation. irving.
yelp
\yelp\, n. a sharp, quick cry; a bark.
yelp
n : a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog) [syn: yelping]
v : bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped" [syn: yip, yap]




Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
sceamh m.
v.
, i., lig sceamh, tá ag sceamhghail
JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Cyfarth = n. a barking, a yelp, v. to bark, to yelp
Anagram
  pyle
Lexicon of Thieves' Cant
cry out for the police
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
(synonym) yelping
(hypernym) cry
(derivation) yip, yap

Verb
1. bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped"
(synonym) yip, yap
(hypernym) bark
(derivation) yelping
Yelp Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Yelp may refer to:
  • yelp, or bark, a vocalization made by canines, other animals and humans
  • Yelp, Inc., a local search and reviews online service
  • yelp, the help-reading application in the GNOME desktop environment
  • yelp, a type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail siren-sound

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