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Answer for the clue "Puppy's greeting ", 4 letters:
yelp

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Etymology 1 n. 1 An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance. 2 A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail siren-sound. Etymology 2 vb. To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.

Usage examples of yelp.

He yelped in a most unmaesterlike fashion, while Alayne turned to soothe the little lordling, but too late.

As he fumblingly releases his grip on the bandaged hand she suddenly starts and gives a tiny yelp.

At the conclusion of the message, be Bem let out a startling yelp, his eyes rolled over, and he collapsed to the floor.

To their shrill cluttering was added the yelps of Bijou and the belated screams of Lalla.

The sound was the fateful voice of Bosco, the great hound, raised in a distant cry that started as a yelp and turned into a bay.

The chuffing of the griffins grew in pitch until it became a cross between a yelp and howl.

Imbri sent, her dreamlet showing the monster yelping as he got toasted on the rump by a burning brand.

From down the stairs came the echoic yelp of a dog, then the bang of a door.

As Gerling yelped in pain, Remo hauled the older man down to the security corridor that was hidden away at the far rear wall of the building.

No mood-qualifiers or tone-deepenings, no goatish grunts or frisky yelps and giggles, no props, brandy, brothel gear, thongs, thumbscrews, third parties.

Bellman joined him, Heep with a bookhound on a leash which sniffed the ground and whimpered and yelped noisily, chops slobbering.

The hound howled in anger, then yelped in pain, finally coming back toward them, bay-howling again.

Qynh yelped in startled pain and opened her hand, dropping her sword as he hyperextended her wrist.

The snores and the yelps met in the middle of the tunnel and the two together made such a dreadful sound that Koko woke up at once.

He jumped away from the desk toward the wall, just as Nask let out a yelp of his own.