yelp
verb (used without object)
to give a quick, sharp, shrill cry, as a dog or fox.
yelper
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a word derived from
yelp.
Example Sentences
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As I started I called to Givens asking him to sound his turkey yelper should they resume the march before my return.
From Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman by Willie Walker Caldwell
En 't ain't take 'im long nudder, 'kaze, bless yo' soul, ole Brer Rabbit wuz a yelper, mon.
From Nights With Uncle Remus by Milo Winter
En 't aint take 'im long nudder, 'kaze, bless yo' soul, ole Brer Rabbit wuz a yelper, mon.
From Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation by Joel Chandler Harris
Did yer pipe me chase wid de yelper?
From A Night Out by Edward Henry Peple
