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verb

Definition of yelpnext
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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yelp

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noun

as in squeal

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Recent Examples of yelp
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. — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026 Start the day with yelping sea lions and a Coffee Girl latte at Pier 39, a former cannery dating from 1875, before hitting the town. — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
Dropping the volume on your foot would cause an agonized and very non-silent yelp. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Lee's voice has always been Sui generis, a distinctive instrument caught between a whine and a yelp yet immediately recognizable. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for yelp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelp
  1. shriek
  2. squeal
  3. scream
  4. yip
  5. squeak
  6. screech
  7. howl
  8. bark
Verb
  • Twenty minutes later my bleep shrieked at me from my lapel, and I was given my very first job as a junior doctor.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
  • When the humor shifted abruptly from shrieking and pratfalls to more subtle witticism, the audience was fine with that as long as things stayed light, funny and uncomplicated.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of shriek
Noun
  • But about five minutes later, a sharp cracking sound momentarily replaced the shrill squeal of sirens, and the top half of the South Tower imploded, bringing the entire thing down.
    — Timothy Townsend, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Witness Hoon Chan Sim, 53, was sitting on a park lawn with his dog near West Drive when he was startled by the squeal of braking tires, and spun around to see the horrific collision.
    — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
Definition of squeal
Verb
  • Upon arriving at Bottiglierivega's door, a police sergeant heard screaming and spotted blood nearby.
    — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Officers arrived at the scene and found people screaming as a man was lying in the street, suffering from gunshot wounds.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of scream
Noun
  • The parrot responded by barking, a real yip like a small dog.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Definition of yip
Noun
  • Every wiggle and wobble, every snuffle and squeak of six newborn puppies snuggling together in Finland is captured by cameras monitoring their development in the first weeks of their lives.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Nestled deep among the wads of shredded paper and other bric-a-brac, the occupants made not a squeak, concealed to anyone who looked through the carrier’s door.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of squeak
Noun
  • Subject county officials to the horrible, 24/7 screech that large data centers emit.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The screech of electric saws and pounding of nails into plywood are now background noise in the French capital.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of screech
Noun
  • Not a movie starlet scream, but uninhibited howls of pure terror.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • When the sun goes down, the wind picks up in central New Mexico, whipping through arid canyons with a ghostly howl that for centuries, locals have likened to the wails of the folkloric ghost La Llorona.
    — Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of howl
Noun
  • Rush Creek Reserve is a dippable fondue-like wheel wrapped in spruce bark from Uplands in Dodgeville, WI.
    — Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Most natural mulches work well for these plants; wood and bark mulch or pine straw are always popular.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of bark

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“Yelp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelp. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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