yelping

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English yelpinge, from Old English ġilping; equivalent to yelp +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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yelping

  1. present participle and gerund of yelp

Noun

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yelping (plural yelpings)

  1. The act of producing a yelp.
    • 1969, Louis Johnson, “The Way to Train a Dog” (poem), reprinted in Louis Johnson (poet), Terry Sturm (editor), Selected Poems, Victoria University Press (2000), →ISBN, page 101:
      [] While still a pup, / You put him in a sack, then beat it / With a stick. When howls and yelpings die, / You send the houseboi out to set him free.
    the frenzied yelpings of the huntsman's dogs