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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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.
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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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Jessie whines about the good old days all the time — how fun is that?
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Don’t whine about his Northern California roots or love of the local nine.
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Musselwhite punctuated the music with his harmonica trills and moans while his right knee bounced in time with the rhythms.
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And yes, that sound will dissipate and soon will be too faint for my human ears as it is absorbed into space, but Renee Gladman writes that spaces moan.
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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 30 Jun. 2026.
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