noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Example

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

Etymology

From Middle English yolpen, of imitative origin.

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