yelp
/jɛlp/
yelp noun: an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
Noun
yelp (plural yelps)
- An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
- The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail.
- “Before he was a twel’month ould he had a mouth full o’ great teeth; his hands wor like ’s claws, and his legs wor no thicker nor the handle of a whip, and about as straight as a rapin’ hook; to make the matther worse, he had the gut uv a cormorant, and the whinge, and the yelp, and the screech...1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 522
- Synonyms:
- yawp
- A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.
Verb
yelp (third-person singular simple present yelps, present participle yelping, simple past and past participle yelped)
- To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.
- The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water.
- I followed it as well as I could, I who have so often boasted of my memory now sniffing along for what seemed a league at least like a brachet and ready almost to yelp for joy at the thought of a place I knew, after so much emptiness, silence, and blackness.1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter VI, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 38
yelp meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
yelp in Hindi
- येल्प
yelp in Tamil
- குரை, குரைப்பு, குலை, குலைத்தல், நாயின் வேதனை உறுமல்
yelp in Marathi
- येल्प
yelp in Urdu
- باریک اور تیز چیخ, لومڑی کی آواز, تیز بھونکنا, چیخنا
More languagesFewer languages
- yelp in Bengali
- ইয়েল্প, ইয়েলপ
- yelp in Telugu
- యెల్ప్
- yelp in Malayalam
- ഓരിയിടുക, മുരളുക, നായ് കുരയ്ക്കുക, ആക്രോശിക്കുക
- yelp in Kannada
- ನೋವಿನಿಂದ ನರಳು, ಗೋಳಿಡು, ಗೋಗರೆ, ಬೊಗಳು
- yelp in Punjabi
- ਯੇਲਪ, ਯੈਲਪ, ਯੈੱਲਪ
- yelp in Gujarati
- યેલ્પ
- yelp in Odia
- ଯ଼େଲ୍ପ, ଯ଼େଲପ୍
- yelp in Sanskrit
- बुक्कति bukkati
- yelp in Nepali
- येल्प
- yelp in Malay
- dengking
Examples of yelp in a sentence
- Some dogs howl; more yelp; still more bark.
- Supporters of behaviorism claim that to be "in pain" is nothing more than the tendency to wince, yelp, scream "ouch!" and so on.
- The dog let out a yelp.
Synonyms of yelp
Forms of yelp
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | yelps |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | yelps |
| present participle | yelping |
| past participle | yelped |
| past | yelped |
Origin of yelp
From Middle English ȝelp, yelp, from Old English ġielp (“boasting, arrogance, pride”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelp, from Proto-Germanic *gelpą (“boasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout”).
From Middle English ȝelpen, yelpen, from Old English ġielpan (“to boast”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelpan, from Proto-Germanic *gelpaną (“to sound off, boast”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel‑ (“to call, shout, scream”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian jalpe, galpe (“to bleep; cheep”), German Low German galpen (“to scream, shriek, howl”), Middle High German gelpfen, gelpfen (“to roar, howl, bark, boast, sing loudly”).
Words that rhyme with yelp
Questions about yelp
- What does yelp mean?
- Yelp means an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
- What is yelp in Hindi?
- Yelp in Hindi is येल्प. See Yelp meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is yelp?
- Yelp can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce yelp?
- Yelp is pronounced /jɛlp/.
- What is the plural of yelp?
- The plural of yelp is yelps.
Words near yelp in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: yelp (page history and authors); yelp (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yelp (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); yelp (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yelp (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); yelp (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yelp (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yelp (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); yelp (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); yelp (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yelp (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yelp (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); yelp (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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