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yawp en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /jɔp/ (US)
  • /jɑp/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /jɔːp/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English yolpen, of imitative origin.

Meanings

  1. A yelp or bark.
  2. Loud or coarse talk.
    • I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. - Walt Whitman

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
yawps Number=Plur lexicographic
yaup alternative lexicographic

yawp en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /jɔp/ (US)
  • /jɑp/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /jɔːp/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English yolpen, of imitative origin.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise.
  2. (intransitive) To talk loudly and coarsely.
  3. (intransitive) To clamor, to utter loud complaints.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
yawping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
yawps Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
yawped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
yawped Tense=Past lexicographic
yaup alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

yawper