yawp
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English yolpen, of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /jɔːp/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /jɔp/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /jɑp/
- Rhymes: -ɔːp
Verb
yawp (third-person singular simple present yawps, present participle yawping, simple past and past participle yawped)
- (intransitive) To yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise.
- (intransitive) To talk loudly and coarsely.
- (intransitive) To clamor, to utter loud complaints.
Derived terms
Noun
yawp (plural yawps)
- A yelp or bark.
- Loud or coarse talk.
- I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. - Walt Whitman