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yaup
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–verb (used without object), noun
yawp.
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yauper,
noun
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–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
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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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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.
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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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