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

Definition 2024


yelp

yelp

English

Noun

yelp (plural yelps)

  1. An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
    The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail.
  2. A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.
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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)

  1. To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.
    The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water.
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