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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024yelp /yɛlp/USA pronunciation v. - to give a sharp, high-pitched cry:[no object]All the dogs were yelping.
- to call or cry out sharply: [no object]He yelped in pain.[used with quotations]"Ouch!'' he yelped.
n. [countable] - a quick, sharp bark or cry.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024yelp (yelp),USA pronunciation v.i. - to give a quick, sharp, shrill cry, as a dog or fox.
- to call or cry out sharply:The boy yelped in pain when the horse stepped on his foot.
v.t. - to utter or express by or as if by yelping.
n. - a quick, sharp bark or cry.
- bef. 900; (verb, verbal) Middle English yelpen, Old English gielpan to boast; cognate with Low German galpen to croak; (noun, nominal) Middle English: boasting, Old English gielp, derivative of the verb, verbal
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