Pronunciation : Yelp
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. yelpen, , to boast, boast noisily, AS. gielpan, gilpan, gylpan; akin to OHG. gelph arrogant: cf. Icel. gjalpa to yelp. Cf. Yap.]
Definition : 1. To boast. [Obs.] I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe. Chaucer.
2. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup. A little herd of England's timorous deer, Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs Shak. At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation. W. Irving.
i. [imp. & p. p. Yelped; p. pr. & vb. n. Yelping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Yelp
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A sharp, quick cry; a bark. Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913