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yawp

  [yawp, yahp]
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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.
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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yawp   (yôp)   
intr.v.   yawped, yawp·ing, yawps

  1. To utter a sharp cry; yelp.

  2. To talk loudly, raucously, or coarsely.

n.  

  1. A bark; a yelp.

  2. Loud or coarse talk or utterance: "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world" (Walt Whitman).


[Middle English yolpen, possibly variant of yelpen; see yelp.]
yawp'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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