Synonyms for yelp

Grammar : Noun

Spell : yelp

Phonetic Transcription : yɛlp

Définition of yelp

Origin : Old English gelpan (Anglian), gielpan (West Saxon) "to boast," from Proto-Germanic *gelpanan (cf. Old Saxon galpon, Old Norse gjalpa "to yelp," Old Norse gjalp "boasting," Old High German gelph "outcry"), from PIE root *ghel- "to cry out" (see yell). Related: Yelped; yelping.

noun short, high cry

Example sentences :

We've got them tied up close by, and every little while one gives a yelp.
Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie

Stop that barkin', now, you whelp, Or I'll kick you till you yelp!
Extract from : « Farm Ballads » by Will Carleton

The earth struck him a harsh blow on the nose that made him yelp.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

The yelp of a dog was heard now and then and the faint cries of children.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

With a yelp of triumph he rose to his knees and leveled the weapon.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

From behind him came a yelp, another, a thump, and then a series of thumps and yelps.
Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Still with his milk-teeth in his head, and already does he yelp for battle!
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

They did not, however, attempt to do more than bark and yelp at Henry and his father.
Extract from : « The Fairchild Family » by Mary Martha Sherwood

You yelp out your infernal rot loud enough when you are drunk.
Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad

One thing I'm glad of, and that is you fellows were close by, and could hear me yelp.
Extract from : « Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys » by Silas K. Boone

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