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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&ā;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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Yelp, n. A sharp, quick cry; a bark. Chaucer.
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