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Yaup

Yaup \Yaup\, v. i. [See Yap, and Yelp.] To cry out like a child; to yelp. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]

Yaup

Yaup \Yaup\, n. [Written also yawp.]

  1. A cry of distress, rage, or the like, as the cry of a sickly bird, or of a child in pain. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]

  2. (Zo["o]l.) The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]

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yaup

n. (obsolete spelling of yawp English) vb. (obsolete spelling of yawp English)

Usage examples of "yaup".

A new yaup of inconsolable sadness echoed from the ship each time he found another item of damage.

A month earlier, Chewie had still seemed so alive to him that he could almost hear the sound of the Wookiee's angry yaups or happy foghorn laughs reverberating in the docking bay.