variants
or yaup
as in to scream
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
stop yawping about your problems and try doing something to fix them
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Recent Examples of yawp
After Glazer’s film cuts to black at the end, the music reemerges in a nightmarish march of yawping voices.
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Tim Greiving,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Dec. 2023
Credit to the singer for expanding outside her usual vocal range, though, deploying an Imogen Heap–style yawp on this one.
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Nate Jones,
Vulture,
11 Jan. 2021
And, finally, the restatement of the American Dream for a new century, just the way Walt Whitman yawped it in the streets of Manhattan.
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Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
19 Mar. 2017
Tim Greiving,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Dec. 2023
Credit to the singer for expanding outside her usual vocal range, though, deploying an Imogen Heap–style yawp on this one.
—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
11 Jan. 2021
And, finally, the restatement of the American Dream for a new century, just the way Walt Whitman yawped it in the streets of Manhattan.
—
Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
19 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yawp
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Police said that after the girl screamed, the video shows a man getting into his vehicle and driving away.
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The couple’s relationship began with a friendship bracelet and a podcast shout-out in July 2023, and by September Swift was screaming profanities in support of her new favorite football player.
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Even Hakimi didn't complain, instead giving van de Ven a dap of respect.
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The document complains about trade, customs officers, juryless courts, and judges’ salaries.
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And that’s nothing to whine about.
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Jessie whines about the good old days all the time — how fun is that?
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The call lasted for 12 excruciating minutes, as Adams moaned in pain.
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Witnesses who observed those executions later shared unnerving, and, at times, horrific, accounts of inmates thrashing, moaning, or otherwise appearing to show signs of suffering after the nitrogen gas began to flow.
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Bat met ball and, under his breath, Astros manager Joe Espada muttered an expletive.
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In the shadows of the long-hut, the elders muttered among themselves—of portents and crops and weather and the storage of grain.
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“Yawp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yawp. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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