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YELPING
yip, yelp, yelping
(noun) a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
yelping
present participle of yelp
Noun
yelping (plural yelpings)
The act of producing a yelp.
the frenzied yelpings of the huntsman's dogs
Source: Wiktionary
YELP
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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