[yelp] 
,| 1. | to give a quick, sharp, shrill cry, as a dog or fox. |
| 2. | to call or cry out sharply: The boy yelped in pain when the horse stepped on his foot. |
| 3. | to utter or express by or as if by yelping. |
| 4. | a quick, sharp bark or cry. |
| yelp (yělp) v. yelped, yelp·ing, yelps v. intr. To utter a short, sharp bark or cry: excited dogs yelping; yelped in pain when the bee stung. v. tr. To utter by yelping. n. A short, sharp cry or bark. [Middle English yelpen, to cry aloud, from Old English gelpan, gielpan, to boast; see ghel-1 in Indo-European roots.] yelp'er n. |