Synonyms:
yip, yelp, yelping
Meaning: a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
yelp, yip, yap
Meaning: bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped"
Usage examples
'Rather like holding a guinea-pig; but you're a brave little dog, and you don't yelp when you're hung up.
"I learned that at the front where we got so we'd yelp for food even when the lads who'd been bringing it were all mixed up in it."
A yellow dog, the personal property of Colonel Swazey, the proprietor of the Occidental, fell feet upward in the dust with one farewell yelp.
As the children began to come down the back steps, he gave one yelp, doubled himself up and began to roll, so that what the children saw was a big ball of molasses candy rolling down the sloping walk.
I heard him yelp, saw him run sideways and turn, knew I had missed, and clicked back the cock with my thumb for the next shot. But he was already running headlong, jumping from side to side, and I dared not risk another miss.