yelp

• IPA^(key): /jɛlp/
• Rhymes: -ɛlp

From Middle English ȝelp, yelp, from Old English ġielp (“boasting, arrogance, pride”), from Proto-Germanic *gelpą (“boasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout”).

yelp (plural yelps)

1. An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.

   The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail.

2. A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.

From Middle English ȝelpen, yelpen, from Old English ġielpan (“to boast”), from Proto-Germanic *gelpaną. Compare Saterland Frisian jalpe (“to bleep; cheep”).

yelp (third-person singular simple present yelps, present participle yelping, simple past and past participle yelped)

1. To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.

   The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water.

• Pyle

yelp

1. Alternative form of ȝelp