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"Barbaric" cry in a Whitman poem
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yawp
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Word definitions for yawp in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Yaup \Yaup\, v. i. [See Yap , and Yelp .] To cry out like a child; to yelp. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. make a raucous noise [syn: bawl ] complain whiningly [syn: whine , grizzle , yammer ]
Usage examples of yawp.
Now, at his gleesome yawp, rabbits, a mile away, ducked their ears, and sensitive plants closed their fearful fronds.
Delphine, who was the yawper, also jumped to her feet and Josephine sloshed her own coffee with chicory into its saucer.
The monsters outside, sensing the disturbance, capered and yawped and smote the crumbling floorboards with their hammers to accelerate the process of disintegration.
Now, though, the salacious words and chuckles and winks were animalistic yawps and grunts and scratchings.
This time it was punctuated by yawps, yelp sand then a squeal of pain.
This time it was punctuated by yawps, yelps—and then a squeal of pain.