as in to shriek
to cry out loudly and emotionally
yelped with surprise when everything fell off the closet shelf and onto his head
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Recent Examples of yelp
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
Kids pulled in on sleds by their parents are yelping in glee, slipping and sliding around jaws of ice.
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Stephanie Pearson,
Outside,
19 Feb. 2026
Charles Elliott,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
Doing this yelp as a human may work when training certain dogs, but the AKC advises that with some puppies, this could actually get the puppy more worked up and likely to bite.
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Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Cantanucci’s property line is 72 feet away, but her hearing is such that the sound of balls bouncing and people yelping jumped the hedgerows.
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Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
Kids pulled in on sleds by their parents are yelping in glee, slipping and sliding around jaws of ice.
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Stephanie Pearson,
Outside,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
My next yelp was greeted with dead silence.
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Charles Elliott,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
Doing this yelp as a human may work when training certain dogs, but the AKC advises that with some puppies, this could actually get the puppy more worked up and likely to bite.
—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelp
Verb
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Say something loudly and calmly — don’t shriek!
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Fans shrieked and hollered as every player in the realmwide war — Queen Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), Prince Daemon (Matt Smith), the Sea Snake (Steve Toussaint) and his nemesis Lohar (Abigail Thorn) — popped up.
Noun
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In response, the paddlers near the front of the canoe momentarily pause their paddling and squeal as the sea lion splashes them.
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These threatened and endangered species are gentle, curious, and squeal-inducing levels of adorable, making a rare sighting all the more special and memorable.
Verb
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Like why does Bravo think making the captions all different sizes screams Gen Z?
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For Denver, who sent the pick away, this screams cost-cutting measure for a team running into second apron issues.
Noun
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The parrot responded by barking, a real yip like a small dog.
Noun
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The vocal repertoire consisted of at least seven different squeak types.
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Others reported a persistent squeak.
Noun
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Equally notable throughout the game was the angry screech, reserved for whenever the Czech Republic players had the ball — or worse — were given a free kick.
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Guests range from ordinary commuters to figures like Cate Blanchett and Julian Casablancas, all subject to the same fluorescent lighting and ambient subway screech.
Noun
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Through blood-curdling howls and rants about fascism, fraud, and fighting to understand your identity, Truck Violence push through ugliness to find something more unaltered and real.
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Her presence is heralded not by the sounds of howls, roars or clanking chains, but by the shutting of the door to her study, the scrape of her chair as it is pulled towards her desk, and the clanking of her type-writer keys.
Noun
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Smoke, salt, pepper and bark do the work.
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Loved for its beautiful summer flowers and attractive bark, crepe myrtle displays superb heat tolerance and has an adaptable root system that withstands a range of growing conditions.
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“Yelp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelp. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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