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▪ I. yelping, vbl. n.|ˈjɛlpɪŋ|
[f. yelp v. + -ing1.]
†1. Boasting, proud or pompous talk. Obs.
a1050Liber Scintill. xliii. (1889) 144 Pro sola inani gloria, for sylfre idelre ᵹylpincge. c1175Lamb. Hom. 11 Ne haue þu þines drihtenes nome in nane aða ne..in nane idel ȝelpunge. a1225Ancr. R. 330 A derne ȝelpunge & huntunge efter hereword of more holinesse. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 4266 Quintylian..ansuerede..þat bote ȝelpinge [v.r. ȝulpynge] & bost mid brutons noþing nas. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 492 He ȝerned ȝelpyng to here. 1340Ayenb. 59 In þise boȝe byeþ vif leaues, þet byeþ vif manere of yelpinges. c1400T. Chestre Launfal 762 Why madest thou swyche yelpyng? That thy lemmannes lodlokest mayde Was fayrer than my wyf, thou seyde. c1440Promp. Parv. 537/1 Ȝelpynge, or boostynge, jactancia.
2. The utterance of a sharp shrill cry.
a. Of dogs or birds.
1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 881 The timerous yelping of the hounds. 1782F. Burney Cecilia vii. ix, The poor little animal, forgotten by its mistress,..was now discovered by its yelping. 1809–10Coleridge Friend (1837) II. i. 24 Like children we ran away from the yelping of a cur. 1847Bewick's Brit. Birds I. 7 [Eagles] often soar out of the reach of human sight: and notwithstanding the immense distance, their cry is still heard, and then resembles the yelping of a dog. 1863Bates Nat. Amazons ii. (1864) 33 We often heard the shrill yelping of the toucans.
b. Of persons. Also fig.
1632Lithgow Trav. ix. 395 A ceremonious mourning..with such yelping, howling, shouting, and clapping of hands [etc.]. 1854Macaulay in Trevelyan Life (1880) II. 376 The yelping against Prince Albert is a mere way of filling up the time. 1894Forum (N.Y.) Aug. 643 The incessant snarling and yelping of demagogues at capitalists.
▪ II. yelping, ppl. a.|ˈjɛlpɪŋ|
[f. yelp v. + -ing2.]
That yelps; given to or characterized by yelping.
1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iv. ii. 47 A litle Heard of Englands timorous Deere, Maz'd with a yelping kennell of French Curres. 1623― Tit. A. ii. iii. 20 Let vs sit downe, and marke their [sc. the hounds'] yelping [Qq. yellowing] noyse. 1664in Verney Mem. (1907) II. 212 A little yealping Dogg. 1712Arbuthnot John Bull iv. i, The Tradesmen..began to surround Lewis like so many yelping curs about a great boar. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk., Rip van Winkle 55 At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with yelping precipitation. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop li, Kit is..a crouching cur to those that feed and coax him, and a barking yelping dog to all besides. 1848in ‘F. Forester’ Field Sports II. 326, I heard the yelping notes of some gobblers. 1906A. Werner Natives Brit. Central Africa viii. 188 The miserable, yelping mongrels which infest the villages.
transf. and fig.1607Beaum. & Fl. Woman Hater i. ii, The very comfort of whose presence shuts The monster hunger from your yelping guts. 1607Lever Crucifixe xx, And like the hunted deere, Of our loud yelping sinnes, we stand in feere. 1787Hawkins Life of Johnson 100 The deep-mouthed rancour of Pulteney, and the yelping pertinacity of Pitt. 1871Baroness Bunsen in Hare Life (1879) II. vii. 416 The yelping, barking crowds in Trafalgar Square. |