yelp

English

Etymology 1

Old English ġielp.

Noun

yelp (plural yelps)

1. An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.

   The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail.

2. A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail siren-sound.

Translations

an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance

• Finnish: ulvahdus (fi)
• French: jappement (fr) m, couinement (fr) m
• Italian: strillo (it) m
• Japanese: 悲鳴 (ja) (himei)

• Malay: dengking (ms)
• Maori: wēwē (mi)
• Scottish Gaelic: tathann (gd) m
• Spanish: aullido (es) m, trino (es) m, quejido (es) m

Etymology 2

Old English ġielpan.

Verb

yelp (third-person singular simple present yelps, present participle yelping, simple past and past participle yelped)

1. To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.

   The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water.

Translations

to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise

• Czech: vyjeknout (cs)
• Esperanto: jelpi (eo)
• Finnish: ulvahtaa (fi), ulvaista (fi)
• French: japper (fr), couiner (fr)
• Italian: strillare (it)
• Japanese: 悲鳴をあげる (ja) (himei o ageru)

• Latin: ganniō (la)
• Maori: tūwē (mi), tīwē (mi)
• Scottish Gaelic: tathainn (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: cičati (sh)
• Spanish: gañir (es)