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yaup

  [yawp, yahp]
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–verb (used without object), noun
yawp.
Related forms:
yauper, noun

yawp

  [yawp, yahp]
–verb (used without object)
1. to utter a loud, harsh cry; to yelp, squawk, or bawl.
2. Slang. to talk noisily and foolishly or complainingly.
–noun
3. a harsh cry.
4. Slang.
a. raucous or querulous speech.
b. a noisy, foolish utterance.
Also, yaup.

Origin:
1300–50; ME yolpen; akin to yelp

Related forms:
yawper, noun
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Word Origin & History

yawp  (v.)
c.1300, yolpen, probably echoic variant of yelpen (see yelp). The noun, in ref. to speech, is recorded from 1835, now used chiefly with conscious echo of Whitman.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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