Thesaurus: yelp

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1. v. i. To boast.
2. v. i. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.
3. n. A sharp, quick cry; a bark.
4. n. a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
5. v. bark in a high-pitched tone
6. 1. To boast. [Obs.] I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe. Chaucer. 2. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup. A little herd of England's timorous deer, Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs Shak. At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation. W. Irving. A sharp, quick cry; a bark. Chaucer.
7. A sharp, quick cry; a bark. Chaucer.
8. n:46/v:54 v. bark in a high-pitched tone