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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Yelp \Yelp\, n. A sharp, quick cry; a bark. --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. gj[=a]lpa 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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