Yelper
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who yelps.
"Mr. Longstreth, who can be a bit of a yelper, sang sweetly, perhaps in search of contrast."
- 2 A user of Yelp, an Internet service that publishes crowdsourced reviews of local businesses. Internet
- 3 The avocet. UK, dialectal
- 4 A bird, the tattler. US, dialectal
Example
More examples"Mr. Longstreth, who can be a bit of a yelper, sang sweetly, perhaps in search of contrast."
Etymology
From Middle English yelpere; equivalent to yelp + -er. The avocet is so called from its sharp, shrill cry.