yelped

past tense of yelp
as in shrieked
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 yelped The timid guests walk in and out of the room, and at times have yelped, before eventually building up their bravery and getting in line. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • Witnesses screamed in horror and fled for cover after the bullet struck Kirk in the neck.
    Michael Ruiz , Peter D'Abrosca , Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , David Spunt , CB Cotton, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Images shared on social media showed flames shooting high into the air as people screamed and ran from the scene in the Iztapalapa borough.
    Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After months of gaining a foster dog's trust, one woman squealed with excitement when the canine finally showed her first sign of accepting the love.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Book girlies everywhere breathed out a sigh of relief, and then squealed at the TV, as one of the quintessential Belly-Conrad moments from book 3 delivered everything and more.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Plus, after spotting Faulkner’s three daughters, Jan, Barbara and Leslie, on the sidelines during filming of The Undefeated in Mexico, Wayne yelled for wardrobe and put the young girls in the movie.
    Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Washington yelled, according to Reynolds.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Yelped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelped. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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