English

edit

Etymology

edit

From a- +‎ yelp.

Pronunciation

edit

Adverb

edit

ayelp (comparative more ayelp, superlative most ayelp)

  1. yelping.
    • 1910, Daniel Henry Holmes, Under a Fool's Cap: Songs, page 62:
      What with preachers all ayelp,
      Grinding chaff into barren grists,
      There's no spare time left for help
      With the Four Evangelists.

Anagrams

edit