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English
Etymology
ME. yolpen
Alternative spellings
yaup
Verb
en-verb
- intransitive to yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another racous noise
#: The burly bosun always made sure that every bare-bum boy kissing the gunner's daughter had ample reason to yawp in agony at every 'claw' of the cat-o'-nine-tails
- intransitive to talk loudly and coarsely
#: Sound my barbaric yawps over the roofs of the world - Walt Whitman
- clamor, utter loud complaints
Noun
en-noun
- a yelp or bark
- loud or coarse talk
References
R:Websters
Category:English intransitive verbs
pl:yawp
zh:yawp
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