yawp

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English yolpen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɔːp/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔːp

Verb

yawp (third-person singular simple present yawps, present participle yawping, simple past and past participle yawped)

  1. (intransitive) To yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise.
  2. (intransitive) To talk loudly and coarsely.
  3. (intransitive) To clamor, to utter loud complaints.

Derived terms

Noun

yawp (plural yawps)

  1. A yelp or bark.
  2. Loud or coarse talk.
    I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. - Walt Whitman

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