yelpn.
/jɛlp/, U.S. /jɛlp/ I. Senses relating to boasting.† 1. † b. An object of boasting. Obsolete.
a. Boasting, vainglorious speaking. idle yelp, vain boasting. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun]
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crackingc1440
crackc1450
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bragancea1500
gloriation?1504
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vousting1535
braggery?1571
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self-boasting1577
thrasonism1596
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braggadocianism1624
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gasconading1709
vauntingness1727
braggadocioa1734
Gasconism1744
Gascoigny1754
braggade1763
gostering1763
penny trumpet1783
cockalorum?a1792
boastfulness1810
vauntage1818
bull-flesh1820
blowing1840
vauntiness1851
kompology1854
loud-mouthing1858
skite1860
gabbing1869
mouth1891
buck1895
skiting1916
boosterism1926
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xix. §1 Hwæt forstent eow þonne se gilp?
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iii. xvii. 206 Næfde he on him naðer ne yrre ne oferhyd ne gytsunge, ne idel gylp him on ne ricsade.
OE Beowulf 2521 Gif ic wiste hu wið ðam aglæcean elles meahte gylpe wiðgripan.
c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 220 Se seofoða heafod-leahter is gehaten idelwuldor, þæt is gylp.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 103 [He] deð for ȝelpe mare þenne for godes luue ȝif he awiht delan wule.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 4902 Þiss mahhte..cwennkeþþ i þin herrte. All rosinng. & all idell ȝellp.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 865 Ha beoð ful of idel ȝelp.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 9836 Of gret los mighte he make his ȝelpe.
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 15602 Off her goddis myȝt made thei ȝelp.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 38 Without any yelp, At my myght shall I help.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > object or occasion of boasting
yelpc1320
braga1552
boast1594
vaunt1791
c1320 Cast. Love 1364 Þis is vre child and vre help, Vre strengþe and vre ȝelp.
II. Senses relating to the cry of a dog.
2.
a. A cry characteristic of dogs and some other animals, resembling a bark but distinguished from it by being sharp and shrill.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > bark or yelp
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bark1550
youp1808
wough1824
yawp1824
yap1826
boof1906
wow1913
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by > yelp
yelp?a1513
yaff1609
yap1826
yamph1832
yaffle1836
ki-yi1884
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 245 He braisit hir bony body sweit..Syne schuk his taill, with quhinge and ȝelp.
?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 147 in Shorter Poems (1967) 18 Thys laythly flude..In quham the fysche ȝelland as eluys schoutyt Thair ȝelpis wylde my hering all fordeuyt.
a1627 T. Middleton Witch (1945) iii. iii. 1368 No howles of Woolues, no yelps of Hounds.
1681 J. Crowne Henry VI i. ii. 14 I..hear the Howles of Wolves, and Yelpes of Foxes.
1682 J. Flavell Pract. Treat. Fear (new ed.) i. 1 Some are as timorous as Hares and start at every sound, or yelp of a dog.
1809 R. Southey Thalaba (ed. 2) II. ix. 128 The dogs, with eager yelp, Are struggling to be free.
1840 W. M. Thackeray Barber Cox in Comic Almanack 12 After hearing a yelp here, and a howl there, tow, row, yow, yow, yow! bursts out.
1848 ‘F. Forester’ Field Sports U.S. & Brit. Provinces Amer. II. 325 A sort of pipe or call by which the cry or yelp, as it is termed, of the female [sc. the wild turkey-hen] may be simulated.
1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius 45 The dog With inward yelp and restless forefoot plies His function of the woodland.
1886 J. K. Jerome Idle Thoughts 129 The watch-dog..wakes with a yelp of gladness to greet a caressing hand.
b. transferred and figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > yell or yelp
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yelloching1773
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gowl1805
youp1808
yawp1824
1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 89 If slavery be thus fatally contagious, how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?
1825 T. C. Croker Fairy Legends & Trad. S. Ireland I. 48 The whinge, and the yelp, and the screech, and the yowl, was never out of his mouth.
1866 R. M. Ballantyne Shifting Winds xxiv. 276 The [engine] driver vented his impatience..by causing the whistle to give three sharp yelps.
1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 241 The yelp of a Norwegian seaman who was hauling on a rope.
c. The syllable yelp used imitatively.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [interjection] > yell or yelp
youp1808
yelp1835
1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 299 Yelp! yelp! yelp! passed from mouth to mouth. There was a sudden dispersal.
1838 R. S. Surtees Jorrocks's Jaunts 10 ‘Yelp, yelp, yelp,’ howl the hounds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
yelpv.
/jɛlp/, U.S. /jɛlp/ I. Senses relating to boasting.† 1. † b. reflexive in same sense. Obsolete.† c. Const. clause. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To boast, speak vaingloriously. Const. of (= Old English gen.). Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > boast [verb (intransitive)]
yelpc888
kebc1315
glorify1340
to make avauntc1340
boast1377
brag1377
to shake boastc1380
glorya1382
to make (one's) boastc1385
crackc1470
avaunt1471
glaster1513
voust1513
to make (one's or a) vauntc1515
jet?1521
vaunt?1521
crowa1529
rail1530
devauntc1540
brave1549
vaunt1611
thrasonize1619
vapour1629
ostentate1670
goster1673
flourish1674
rodomontade1681
taper1683
gasconade1717
stump1721
rift1794
mang1819
snigger1823
gab1825
cackle1847
to talk horse1855
skite1857
to blow (also U.S. toot) one's own horn1859
to shoot off one's mouth1864
spreadeagle1866
swank1874
bum1877
to sound off1918
woof1934
to shoot a line1941
to honk off1952
to mouth off1958
blow-
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xiv. §1 Gif þu gilpan wille, gilp Godes.
OE Beowulf 2583 Hreðsigora ne gealp goldwine Geata.
OE Daniel 713 Ða wearð bliðemod burga aldor, gealp gramlice gode on andan.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2042 Þuss mihhte ȝho full modiȝliȝ Off hire sinne ȝellpenn.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 103 [Heo] galieð ase fox deð & ȝelpeð of hare god.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1299 Þu ȝeolpest of seolliche wisdome, Þu nustest wanene he þe come.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 208 Þe fariseu þet yalp ine his benes and onworþede þane pubblycan.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 694 Ne schaltou by þat tyme noþyng ȝilpe of þy doynge here.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1380 I kepe noght of armes for to yelpe Ne I ne axe nat to morwe to haue victorie.
c1425 Cast. Persev. 2865 in Macro Plays 162 Sum bote of bale þou me brewe, Þat I may of þee ȝelpe.
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the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > be vainglorious or behave vaingloriously [verb (reflexive)]
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braggadociea1688
wind1827
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 79 Huanne hi ham yelpeþ oþer hi ham prodeþ.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 97 He hath trewly supposed That he him may of nothing yelpe, Bot if [etc.].
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c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xiv. §1 Hwæðer þu dyrre gilpan þæt hiora fægernes þin sie?
a1023 Wulfstan Homilies xvi. 99 Þa wende he þæt hit godes agen wære; and se deofles man gealp þæt he eac swa wære.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 971 Ac ȝet þu ȝelpst of þine songe Þat þu canst ȝ olle wroþe & stronge.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13394 Þu ȝulpe biforen þan kaisere þat þu me woldest aquellen.
c1275 Passion of our Lord 330 in Old Eng. Misc. 46 He yelp to-vore vs alle þat he is vre king.
c1400 Death of Robin Lyth 82 in Ritson Anc. Songs (1877) 74 Now xalt thu never yelpe, Wrennok, At ale ne at wyn, That thu hast slawe goode Robyn.
c1420 Chron. Vilod , 53 Bot how þay deden after, y nylt not ȝelpe.
II. Senses relating to crying or uttering.† 2. † b. transitive. To call out, utter. Obsolete.figurative.1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Givv To Veronas well he hies whose wante of bloud doth yelpe.1885 Ld. Tennyson Balin & Balan 314 That chain'd rage, which ever yelpt within.
a. To lift up one's voice; to cry aloud; to sing loud or on a high note. Obsolete.Cf. the Old English sense (with gen.) ‘to applaud, praise’.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (intransitive)]
remeeOE
ropeOE
gredec1000
epec1175
yeiec1175
ascry1352
to cry out1382
to lift (up) a cry, one's voice1382
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outcryc1390
yawlc1400
openc1425
bursta1450
yelp?c1450
escry1483
assurd1523
to break forth1526
gaure1530
to call out?1532
exclaim1570
reclaim1611
voice1627
blathe1640
to set up one's pipes1671
bawze1677
sing1813
Great-Scott1902
yip1907
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (intransitive)] > sing loudly or harshly
screama1200
yella1387
yelp?c1450
outshrilla1876
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4697 Gude fadir,..To þe we crye and ȝelpe.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xii. 123 Breke outt youre voce! Let se as ye yelp!
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 31 The lyntquhit sang cuntirpoint quhen the osȝil ȝelpit.
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the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)]
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meleOE
quidOE
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minc1390
pronouncea1393
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nurnc1400
slingc1400
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wordc1400
yelpc1400
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outspeakc1449
yielda1450
arecchec1460
roose?a1475
cutc1525
to come forth with1532
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prolate1542
report1548
prolocute1570
bespeak1579
wield1581
upbraid1587
up with (also mid) ——1594
name1595
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discoursea1616
tonguea1616
to bring out1665
voice1665
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lip1789
to out with1802
pitch1811
go1836
to open one's head1843
vocabulize1861
shoot1915
verbal1920
be1982
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 13520 And he myȝt not him selff helpe; His sorwe coude he to no man ȝelpe.
3. intransitive. To utter a yelp or yelps: said of dogs and related animals, and certain birds (see quots.).
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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > make shrill sound
shrikec1200
pipe?a1500
whistlec1550
yelp1553
queek1707
gallow1825
wheetle1825
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > howl or yelp
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yawpc1400
baffc1440
yelp1553
bawl1556
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bewh1581
yap1668
yamph1718
nyaff1808
yaff1808
yaffle1847
yappet1868
ki-yi1869
1553 tr. S. Gardiner De Vera Obed. To Rdr. sig. A v A rash bethlem brained hound,..rushing he careth not which wai, so he be yelpyng.
1593 G. Peele Honovr of Garter sig. C3v Enuy will bite, or snarle and barke at least, As dogs against the Moone that yelpe in vayne.
1596 W. Smith Chloris xiii A lust-led Satyre hauing hir in chace Which after hir, about the fields did yelpe.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 134/2 A Dog Barketh, & Baugheth, being smitten Yelpeth.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 32 Oft does he make the poor Tars yelp and run about, like Dogs in a Church, under the Correction of a Sexton.
1708 W. Derham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 26 124 April 1, the Jynx first yelped here.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 119. ⁋5 Compassion once obliged me to..chide off a dog that yelped at his heels.
1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. vii. 160 The jaguar, when wandering about at night, is much tormented by the foxes yelping as they follow him.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vii. 152 Let the wild Lean-headed Eagles yelp alone.
1848 ‘F. Forester’ Field Sports U.S. & Brit. Provinces Amer. II. 326 The gobblers continued yelping in answer to the female, which all this time remained on the fence.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xi. 104 A scholastic huntsman clad for the field, with his fresh pack yelping and barking around him.
1879 J. Burroughs Locusts & Wild Honey 44 [The fledgling] left the nest and clung to the..tree, and yelped and piped for an hour.
4. figurative. To complain, whine.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]
murkeOE
misspeakOE
yomer971
chidea1000
murkenOE
grutch?c1225
mean?a1300
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hoinec1440
mutterc1450
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storm?1553
expostulate1561
grumblea1586
gruntle1591
chunter1599
swagger1599
maunder1622
orp1634
objurgate1642
pitter1672
yelp1706
yammer1794
natter1804
murgeon1808
groan1816
squawk1875
jower1879
grouse1887
beef1888
to whip the cat1892
holler1904
yip1907
peeve1912
grouch1916
nark1916
to sound off1918
create1919
moana1922
crib1925
tick1925
bitch1930
gripe1932
bind1942
drip1942
kvetchc1950
to rag on1979
wrinch2011
1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 16 Sept. (O.H.S.) I. 288 'Twill make ye Whig Pamphlettiers yelp.
1796 A. Wilson Watty & Meg 3 Night and day she's ever yelpin', Wi' the weans she ne'er can gree.
1801 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) III. 469 The nominations have accordingly furnished something to yelp on.
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet III. xx. 167 I might, if I pleased, yelp and cry for my lord and his precious friend, Sir Miles Lackington.
5. transitive.
a. To utter with a loud cry; to express by yelping or in a yelping tone.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > yell
yellc1390
yelp1654
1654 W. Price in C. Wase tr. Gratius Cynegeticon Illustr. 70 There lurks the pride o' th' woods, the Lyon fell, At whose decease our troops [of hounds] shall yelpe a knell.
1702 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical (ed. 2) iii. 26 Another Son of a Whore yelps [1700: yells] louder than Homer's Stentor, Two a groat and Four for Six Pence Mackerel.
1828 Examiner 98/1 Lord Ellenborough ‘gave tongue’ on Monday, and yelped an explanation most melodiously.
1865 F. Parkman Champlain x, in Pioneers of France in New World 311 On their arrival, they..yelped consternation at the sharp explosion of the arquebuse.
b. To bring into some condition by yelping.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (transitive)] > bark at
bebark1340
bayc1475
yelp1711
1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 116. ⁋6 A raw Dog..might have yelped his Heart out, without being taken notice of.
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n.c888v.c888- to hang a leg
- to hang a nose
- to hang a one's fipple
- to hang a right
- to hang a the fipple
- to hang a-sunning
- to hang about neck
- to hang about someone's neck
- to hang an arse
- to hang and todraw
- to hang around
- to hang as high as haman
- to hang asunning
- to hang back
- to get hop off on one's ear
- to get hot pants
- to get hot pants for a person
- to get hot under the collar
- to get hunk
- to get hunk with
- to get ideas
- to get ideas into one's head
- to get ignorant
- to get in
- to get in a person's face