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Webster 1913 Edition
Yelp
Yelp
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Yelped
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Yelping
.] [OE.
yelpen
, ȝelpen
, 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
. 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
Mazed with a
yelping
kennel of French curs? Shakespeare
At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with a
yelping
precipitation. W. Irving.
Yelp
,Noun.
A sharp, quick cry; a bark.
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Yelp
YELP
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
yelp
yelp
English
Noun
yelp (plural yelps)
- An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
- The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail.
- A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.
Translations
an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance
Etymology 2
From Middle English yelpen, from Old English ġielpan, from Proto-Germanic *gelpaną. Compare Saterland Frisian jalpe (“to bleep; cheep”).
Verb
yelp (third-person singular simple present yelps, present participle yelping, simple past and past participle yelped)
- To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.
- The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water.
Translations
to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise