yelp
verb/jelp/
/jelp/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they yelp | /jelp/ /jelp/ |
| he / she / it yelps | /jelps/ /jelps/ |
| past simple yelped | /jelpt/ /jelpt/ |
| past participle yelped | /jelpt/ /jelpt/ |
| -ing form yelping | /ˈjelpɪŋ/ /ˈjelpɪŋ/ |
- (+ speech) to give a sudden short cry, usually of pain
- The dog yelped with pain and surprise.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryYelp is used with these nouns as the subject:- dog
Word OriginOld English g(i)elpan (verb) ‘to boast’, from a Germanic imitative base. From late Middle English ‘cry or sing with a loud voice’ the current sense arose in the 16th cent.
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