From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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}.]
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1. To boast. [Obs.]
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I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe. --Chaucer.
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2. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly
with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.
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A little herd of England's timorous deer,
Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs? --Shak.
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At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he
would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation.
--W. Irving.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Yelp \Yelp\, n.
A sharp, quick cry; a bark. --Chaucer.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yelp
n 1: a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog) [syn: {yip},
{yelp}, {yelping}]
v 1: bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped" [syn:
{yelp}, {yip}, {yap}]
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