English-Thai Dictionary
yelp
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
YELP
v.i.To bark, as a beagle-hound after his prey, or as other dog.
YELPING
ppr. Barking in a particular manner.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
YELP
Yelp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yelped; p. pr. & vb. n. Yelping. ] Etym: [OE. yelpen,, to boast, boast noisily, AS. gielpan, gilpan, gylpan; akin to OHG. gelph arrogant: cf. Icel. gjalpa to yelp. Cf. Yap. ]
1. To boast. [Obs. ] I keep [care ] not of armes for to yelpe. Chaucer.
2. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup. A little herd of England's timorous deer, Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs Shak. At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation. W. Irving.
YELP
YELP Yelp, n.
Defn: A sharp, quick cry; a bark. Chaucer.
YELPER
YELPER Yelp "er, n.
Defn: An animal that yelps, or makes a yelping noise. Specifically: (Zoöl.) (a ) The avocet; -- so called from its sharp, shrill cry. [Prov. Eng. ] (b ) The tattler. [Local, U. S.]
New American Oxford Dictionary
yelp
yelp |yelp jɛlp | ▶noun a short sharp cry, esp. of pain or alarm: she uttered a yelp as she bumped into a table. ▶verb [ no obj. ] utter such a cry: my dogs were yelping at Linus. DERIVATIVES yelp er noun ORIGIN Old English g (i )elpan (verb ) ‘to boast, ’ from a Germanic imitative base. From late Middle English ‘cry or sing with a loud voice ’ the current sense arose in the 16th cent.
Oxford Dictionary
yelp
yelp |jɛlp | ▶noun a short, sharp cry, especially of pain or alarm: she uttered a yelp as she bumped into a table. ▶verb [ no obj. ] utter a yelp: my dog was yelping as if hurt. DERIVATIVES yelper noun ORIGIN Old English g (i )elpan (verb ) ‘to boast ’, from a Germanic imitative base. From late Middle English ‘cry or sing with a loud voice ’ the current sense arose in the 16th cent.
American Oxford Thesaurus
yelp
yelp verb the dogs were yelping: squeal, shriek, howl, yowl, yell, cry, shout; bark, bay, woof; informal holler. ▶noun we heard a yelp from the neighbor's backyard: squeal, shriek, howl, yowl, yell, cry, shout; bark, woof; informal holler.
Oxford Thesaurus
yelp
yelp verb he yelped in pain | the red setter yelped and skittered across the floor: squeal, squawk, screech, shriek, scream, howl, yowl, wail, yell, cry out, call out, shout, bawl, yawp; yap, bark, woof, bay; informal holler. ▶noun she gave an involuntary yelp | her dog gave a loud, happy yelp: squeal, squawk, screech, shriek, scream, howl, yowl, wail, yell, cry, call, shout, bawl, yawl, whoop; yap, bark, woof, bay; informal holler.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
yelp
yelp /jelp /動詞 自動詞 1 〈犬などが 〉 (苦痛 怒りなどで )キャンキャン鳴く, ほえ立てる .2 叫ぶ, 悲鳴を上げる .他動詞 …を叫ぶ .名詞 C (犬の )ほえ声, キャンキャン鳴く声 ; (人の )悲鳴 .