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
Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
The dog yelped in pain for a few seconds, then carried on as before.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Simba, a goldendoodle, and Rafiki, a labradoodle — yelp and bark.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Start the day with yelping sea lions and a Coffee Girl latte at Pier 39, a 150-year-old former cannery, before hitting the town.
—Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
The dog yelped in pain for a few seconds, then carried on as before.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Noun
The complacent faces of phony mediums swirl in my head, along with unsettling spirit photographs and images of puppies that had died with a sudden yelp for no apparent reason.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Simba, a goldendoodle, and Rafiki, a labradoodle — yelp and bark.
—John Blake, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelp
Verb
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Back in the car, Albert moans and groans while Billie shrieks in panic.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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The shrieking young women are hilarious, as are their hairdos.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The whinny is an unusual combination of both high and low-pitched sounds — like a cross between a grunt and a squeal — that come out at the same time.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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More squeals of support, and demands to see a picture.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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As the nation bonded as one over the past two weeks biting nails, screaming at wins, wincing at crashes and choking up at all the beautiful moments of Olympic competition, another group of athletes were – and still are – out honing their multi-level championship skills.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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Nothing screams elegance quite like a french bob.—
Amanda Le,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The parrot responded by barking, a real yip like a small dog.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For example, one additional experiment found that changing the thickness of the rubber could make the squeak sound lower or higher in pitch.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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But some of the insights from the study could help to design squeak-free shoes in the future.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This causes a blast of high-energy radiation called a gamma-ray burst (GRB), a final screech of gravitational waves, and sends out a spray of neutron-rich matter, which allows a process to occur that generates very heavy but unstable elements.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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The only noise is the dip-dip of oars and the ethereal screech of horseshoe bats.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Aquilla Sadalla’s wordless vocals, a gorgeous swell of howls and heaves, complement the arrangement without becoming the focal point.—
Mark Richardson,
Pitchfork,
3 Feb. 2026
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At about two this morning, the familiar howl of air-raid sirens woke me in the center of Kyiv, followed by the low thuds of anti-aircraft cannons attempting to shoot down Russian drones.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In the South, pine straw is about as common as wood mulches like shredded hardwood mulch, wood chips, and pine bark nuggets.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2026
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Potting mix typically contains a combination of peat moss or coconut coir to hold moisture, perlite for drainage, and smaller amounts of components like sphagnum moss, bark, vermiculite, compost, and minerals.—
Alexandra Jones,
The Spruce,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Yelp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelp. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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