yelped

verb

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 box also can be yelped, and the sound carries much farther than do my other yelpers. — Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026 Or rather not sang but yelped along happily. — Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026 The dog yelped in pain for a few seconds, then carried on as before. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelped
  1. shrieked
  2. screamed
  3. squealed
  4. yelled
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  • Fans shrieked and hollered as every player in the realmwide war — Queen Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), Prince Daemon (Matt Smith), the Sea Snake (Steve Toussaint) and his nemesis Lohar (Abigail Thorn) — popped up.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • As the noise-rap-electro act Jane Remover shrieked and pleaded through a 90-minute marathon set at the Fonda on Thursday night, one very young couple dressed right out of a conservative‘s nightmare — gender-ambiguous, purple hair, facial piercings — tapped me on the shoulder.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Definition of shrieked
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  • One passenger, identified only as Christina, told Thessaloniki radio that passengers panicked and screamed and that one passenger was partially sucked out of the window.
    — Costas Kantouris, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • There was no pomp and circumstance by Haaland, though his teammates screamed and jumped on his back.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of screamed
Verb
  • Toddlers squealed and played, and an older woman cried softly.
    — Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
  • Some people squealed when Anna Wintour came out without sunglasses.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2026
Definition of squealed
Verb
  • The play was a no-call, but Clark took exception to the physicality and yelled at the closest official.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • On Thursday morning, a man broke into the Today studio in Rockefeller Plaza and yelled racial slurs at host Craig Melvin.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 17 July 2026
Definition of yelled

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“Yelped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelped. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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