English Explanatory Dictionary

yelp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
  2. A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.
verb
  1. To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.

Pronunciation

/jɛlp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yelp.wav

Word forms

yelp yelps yelping yelped

Etymology

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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