Yawp

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To utter a sharp cry; yelp.
  • verb-intransitive. To talk loudly, raucously, or coarsely.
  • n. A bark; a yelp.
  • n. Loud or coarse talk or utterance: "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world” ( Walt Whitman).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise
  • v. to talk loudly and coarsely
  • v. clamor, utter loud complaints
  • n. a yelp or bark
  • n. loud or coarse talk
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. See yaup.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A dialectal form of yelp.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make a raucous noise
  • v. complain whiningly
  • Verb Form
    yawped    yawping    yawps   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    roar    howl    sound off    kick    quetch    complain    plain    kvetch   
    Variant
    yaup   
    Form
    yawper   
    Same Context
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