yelping

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
yelping
    n 1: a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog) [syn: {yip},
         {yelp}, {yelping}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Yelp \Yelp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Yelped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Yelping}.] [OE. yelpen, [yogh]elpen, to boast, boast
   noisily, AS. gielpan, gilpan, gylpan; akin to OHG. gelph
   arrogant: cf. Icel. gj[=a]lpa 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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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "yelping":
      bawling, blatant, boanergean, brawling, clamorous, clamoursome,
      crying, loudmouthed, noisy, obstreperous, openmouthed, screaming,
      shouting, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, yammering, yapping,
      yelling
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