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Yawp

//jɔp// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A yelp or bark.
  2. 2
    Loud or coarse talk.

    "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. - Walt Whitman"

Verb
  1. 1
    To yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise. intransitive
  2. 2
    complain whiningly wordnet
  3. 3
    To talk loudly and coarsely. intransitive
  4. 4
    make a raucous noise wordnet
  5. 5
    To clamor, to utter loud complaints. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English yolpen, of imitative origin.

Etymology 2

From Middle English yolpen, of imitative origin.

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