yamphv.
/jamf/, U.S. /jæmf/, Scottish English /jamf/ Scottish and northern dialect.
intransitive. To bark, as a dog, esp. a small dog; to yelp.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > bark
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > howl or yelp
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1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 29 The hale Town Tyks, Yamph loud.
1844 M. A. Richardson Local Historian's Table Bk. Legendary Div. II. 136 The yamphin thing [sc. a dog] dee't the neist day.
Derivatives
yamph n. a bark, a yelp.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by > bark
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by > yelp
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1832–53 Whistle-Binkie 3rd Ser. (Sc. Songs) 69 She kend wha it was by the yamph o' his tyke.
ˈyamphing adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > that barks
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > howling or yelping
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1728 A. Ramsay Reasons Hackney Scribblers xii Nae mastive minds a yamphing cur.
a1817 W. Muir Poems (1818) 33 Has wylie Reynard come thy way, Or peace-disturbing yamphing Tray.
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