yelp
verb (used without object)
to give a quick, sharp, shrill cry, as a dog or fox.
is yelping
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present progressiveof yelp (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Charlie’s mouth opens and closes over and over as if he is yelping or gasping for breath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2021
It's middling strange," shouted Kinvig, "that the ghost should potter about only when the Government cutter happens to be out of the way, and Tommy-Bill-beg is yelping and screeching at the 'Jolly Herrings.'
From She's All the World to Me by Sir Hall Caine
If a toucan is yelping in the neighbourhood, it drops its own note and imitates the huge-beaked bird.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston
