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YELP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("yelp" is a kind of...):
cry (the characteristic utterance of an animal)
Derivation:
yelp (bark in a high-pitched tone)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they yelp ... he / she / it yelps
Past simple: yelped
Past participle: yelped
-ing form: yelping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bark in a high-pitched tone
Example:
the puppies yelped
Synonyms:
yap; yelp; yip
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "yelp" is one way to...):
bark (make barking sounds)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
yelp; yelping (a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog))
Context examples:
They closed in upon her, snarling and yelping, and she was buried, screaming with agony, beneath the bristling mass of bodies.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Malone and his filthy Fleet Street crew may be all yelping our praises yet.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Zilla, on the other hand, rocked more rapidly, and for the first time, in sharp little yelps, voiced her pain.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The surprise and hurt of it brought a yelp out of White Fang; but the next moment, in a rush of anger, he was upon Lip-lip and snapping viciously.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
They yelped and howled under the rain of blows, but struggled none the less madly till the last crumb had been devoured.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
The action seemed, as I thought, to show not only the great development of its muscles, but also the small one of its brain, for the whole weight came crashing down upon the top of it, and it uttered a series of shrill yelps to show that, big as it was, there was a limit to what it could endure.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He heard the wolfish snarling and yelping of strange dogs and the sound of voices.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
While he yelped and ki-yi'd and scrambled backward, he saw the mother- weasel leap upon her young one and disappear with it into the neighbouring thicket.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Joe came next, yelping with pain.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Then came a momentary fear, when he yelped several times to the impact of the hand.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
