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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 yelping
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
How much yelping should a hunter do?
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Charles Elliott,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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.
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Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
On Monday night, Witt had one of the biggest stars in the game yelping like a Little Leaguer.
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Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Kids pulled in on sleds by their parents are yelping in glee, slipping and sliding around jaws of ice.
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Stephanie Pearson,
Outside,
19 Feb. 2026
Tomasi can be heard yelping and grabs at her leg when struck, the video shows.
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Graham Hurley,
CNN Money,
20 Jan. 2026
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.
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Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Nov. 2025
Adjective
The Dog Pound’s inhabitants will do more yelping than woofing.
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Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
In body camera footage of the moment, the dogs can be heard yelping as officers open the back door of the vehicle.
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Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
How much yelping should a hunter do?
—
Charles Elliott,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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.
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Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
On Monday night, Witt had one of the biggest stars in the game yelping like a Little Leaguer.
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Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Kids pulled in on sleds by their parents are yelping in glee, slipping and sliding around jaws of ice.
—
Stephanie Pearson,
Outside,
19 Feb. 2026
Tomasi can be heard yelping and grabs at her leg when struck, the video shows.
—
Graham Hurley,
CNN Money,
20 Jan. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelping
Adjective
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And before the perpetually whiny and moronic peanut gallery says that sports teams have special nights all the time, that’s true, but celebrating heritage, or veterans who fought and died for this country is just an eency weency bit different than force-feeding the gay agenda at a ball game!
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An assortment of fake-looking whiny babies in flashy hippie outfits accompany a Lennon rant about the counterculture’s post-’60s disillusionment.
Verb
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Raph and Grant keep tasting wasabi Oreos, with Raph shrieking and Grant grimacing.
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The dark cellos of Guðnadóttir chop and grind, and Washington—shrieking, swiping, maddened at the air—flees into the forest, a disappearing uniform.
Adjective
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Football coverage can also often be dominated by ex-players, bluntly exchanging unnecessarily strident views.
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In a strident, aggressive veto message by Andrew Johnson.
Verb
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An open 911 line allowed dispatchers to hear gunshots and people screaming inside the building.
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But doing grand openings and screaming out loud doesn't resonate with the brand.
Adjective
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Donald, Mark, Willie, Billy, and Tony — practically everyone in Hollis within shouting distance of 203rd Street was laughing at me at earsplitting volume.
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The Wall, though, will be delightfully old school in a cap tip to the court-hugging, earsplitting, rowdy venues of college basketball’s glory days.
Verb
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Automatic weapons blasting, tires squealing, the whole bit.
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There were no odd noises or squealing bearings to indicate the fan was having trouble.
Adjective
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One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.
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Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.
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Standing in front of the tank were a bunch of babushkas, yelling at the young soldiers beside me.
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Fans have been yelling things at players for a century now.
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“Yelping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelping. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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