yawp
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Etymology edit
From Middle English yolpen.
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Verb edit
yawp (third-person singular simple present yawps, present participle yawping, simple past and past participle yawped)
- (intransitive) To yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise.
- (intransitive) To talk loudly and coarsely.
- (intransitive) To clamor, to utter loud complaints.
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Noun edit
yawp (plural yawps)
- A yelp or bark.
- Loud or coarse talk.
- I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. - Walt Whitman