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yelp \yelp\, v. i. imp. p. p. yelped; p. pr. vb. n.
yelping. oe. yelpen, yoghelpen, to boast, boast
noisily, as. gielpan, gilpan, gylpan; akin to ohg. gelph
arrogant: cf. icel. gj=alpa to yelp. cf. yap.
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1. to boast. obs.
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i keep care not of armes for to yelpe. --chaucer.
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2. to utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly
with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.
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a little herd of england's timorous deer,
mazed with a yelping kennel of french curs? --shak.
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at the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he
would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation.
--w. irving.
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see also:
yelped yelping yap
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