yawp

or yaup

[ yawp, yahp ]
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verb (used without object)
  1. to utter a loud, harsh cry; to yelp, squawk, or bawl.

  2. Slang. to talk noisily and foolishly or complainingly.

noun
  1. a harsh cry.

  2. Slang.

    • raucous or querulous speech.

    • a noisy, foolish utterance.

Origin of yawp

1
1300–50; Middle English yolpen; akin to yelp

Other words from yawp

  • yawper, noun

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How to use yawp in a sentence

  • Sellers of mussels and clams squatted beside their heaps of shellfish and yawped their goods.

    Tartarin of Tarascon | Alphonse Daudet
  • Every success in an election is yawped of as "a triumph of Republican (or Democratic) principles."

  • We yawped some psalms—the Mater and Pater are great at that.

    Captivity | M. Leonora Eyles
  • Oh, well, they came to along about supper time and yawped his poetry all over the place, I heard.

    Skyrider | B. M. Bower

British Dictionary definitions for yawp

yawp

/ (jɔːp) /


verb(intr)
  1. to gape or yawn, esp audibly

  2. to shout, cry, or talk noisily; bawl

  1. to bark, yelp, or yowl

noun
  1. a shout, bark, yelp, or cry

  2. US and Canadian a noisy, foolish, or raucous utterance

Origin of yawp

1
C15: yolpen, probably of imitative origin; see yap, yelp

Derived forms of yawp

  • yawper, noun

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