yelper
See also: Yelper
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English yelpere; equivalent to yelp + -er.
Noun edit
yelper (plural yelpers)
- One who yelps.
- 2009 July 21, Nate Chinen, “Vocals That Deliver a Jolt, as ‘Ooh’ Morphs Into ‘Eh’”, in New York Times[1]:
- Mr. Longstreth, who can be a bit of a yelper, sang sweetly, perhaps in search of contrast.
- (UK, dialect) The avocet (so-called from its sharp, shrill cry).
- (US, dialect) A bird, the tattler.