yaup

[yawp, yahp]

verb (used without object), noun

yawp.

Related formsyaup·er, noun

yawp

or yaup

[yawp, yahp]

verb (used without object)

to utter a loud, harsh cry; to yelp, squawk, or bawl.
Slang. to talk noisily and foolishly or complainingly.

noun

a harsh cry.
Slang.
1. raucous or querulous speech.
2. a noisy, foolish utterance.

Origin of yawp

1300–50; Middle English yolpen; akin to yelp

Related formsyawp·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for yaup

Historical Examples of yaup

"Hold your yaup, you youngster you," roared the old man in reply.
The South-West
Joseph Holt Ingraham
I hope ye are yaup, for ye have a lang day's wark before ye.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847
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British Dictionary definitions for yaup

yaup

verb, noun

a variant spelling of yawp

Derived Formsyauper, noun

yawp

verb (intr)

to gape or yawn, esp audibly
to shout, cry, or talk noisily; bawl
to bark, yelp, or yowl

noun

a shout, bark, yelp, or cry
US and Canadian a noisy, foolish, or raucous utterance

Derived Formsyawper, noun

Word Origin for yawp

C15: yolpen, probably of imitative origin; see yap, yelp

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Word Origin and History for yaup

yawp

c.1300, yolpen, probably echoic variant of yelpen (see yelp). Related: Yawped; yawping. The noun, in reference to speech, is recorded from 1835, now used chiefly with conscious echo of Whitman.