YELP

yip, yelp, yelping

(noun) a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)

yelp, yip, yap

(verb) bark in a high-pitched tone; “the puppies yelped”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

yelp (plural yelps)

An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.

A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.

Etymology 2

Verb

yelp (third-person singular simple present yelps, present participle yelping, simple past and past participle yelped)

To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.

Anagrams

• Pyle

Source: Wiktionary

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Yelp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yelped; p. pr. & vb. n. Yelping.] Etym: [OE. yelpen, , to boast, boast noisily, AS. gielpan, gilpan, gylpan; akin to OHG. gelph arrogant: cf. Icel. gjalpa 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.

Definition: A sharp, quick cry; a bark. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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