yawp

English

Alternative forms

• yaup

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English yolpen.

Verb

yawp (third-person singular simple present yawps, present participle yawping, simple past and past participle yawped)

1. (intransitive) to yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise
2. (intransitive) to talk loudly and coarsely
3. (intransitive) clamor, utter loud complaints

Derived terms

• yawper

Noun

yawp (plural yawps)

1. a yelp or bark
2. loud or coarse talk

   I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world - Walt Whitman

Anagrams

• Pway, p way, p-way