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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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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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