Meaning

2 senses

  1. An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.

    The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail.

    визгvizg, визжа́ниеvizžánije

    a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)

  2. A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. The dog yelped in pain.

    deDer Hund kläffte schmerzvoll. — Yorwba

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  2. The neighbor's dog yelps too much.

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  3. The neighbour's dog just doesn't stop yelping.

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  4. The dog gave a yelp when I trod on its paw.

    deDer Hund kläffte, als ich ihm auf die Pfote trat. — Yorwba

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  5. James yelped in surprise.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance:

Origin

From Middle English ȝelp, yelp, from Old English ġielp (“boasting, arrogance, pride”), fro

From Middle English ȝelp, yelp, from Old English ġielp (“boasting, arrogance, pride”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelp, from Proto-Germanic *gelpą (“boasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout”).

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Forms

plural: yelps
Singularyelp
Pluralyelps

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
yawp
Close in meaning
  • a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog):yipyelping

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
yellowA1yellowishyenyep

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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