yelp

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛlp/
• Rhymes: -ɛlp

Etymology 1

From Middle English ȝelp, yelp, from Old English ġielp (“boasting, arrogance, pride”), from Proto-Germanic *gelpą (“boasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout”).

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.

Translations

an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance

• Danish: hyl n
• Esperanto: jelpo
• Finnish: ulvahdus (fi)
• French: jappement (fr) m, couinement (fr) m
• Georgian: წივილი (c̣ivili), კივილი (ḳivili)
• Ido: aboyeto (io)
• Italian: strillo (it) m
• Japanese: 悲鳴 (himei)
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• Malay: dengking
• Maori: wēwē, ngawē
• Polish: pisk (pl) m
• Portuguese: ganido (pt) m
• Russian: визг (ru) m (vizg), визжа́ние (ru) n (vizžánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: tathann m
• Spanish: aullido (es) m, trino (es) m, quejido (es) m

Etymology 2

From Middle English ȝelpen, yelpen, from Old English ġielpan (“to boast”), from Proto-Germanic *gelpaną. Compare Saterland Frisian jalpe (“to bleep; cheep”).

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
• Danish: hyle
• Esperanto: jelpi
• Finnish: ulvahtaa (fi), ulvaista
• French: japper (fr), couiner (fr)
• Galician: ganir
• Georgian: წივილი (c̣ivili), კივილი (ḳivili)
• Ido: aboyetar (io)
• Italian: strillare (it)
• Japanese: 悲鳴をあげる (himei o ageru)
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• Latin: ganniō
• Maori: tūwē, tīwē, wēwē (of a dog)
• Polish: piszczeć (pl) m
• Portuguese: ganir (pt)
• Russian: визжа́ть (ru) impf (vizžátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: tathainn
• Serbo-Croatian: cičati (sh)
• Spanish: gañir (es)

Anagrams

• Pyle

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Middle English

Noun

yelp

1. Alternative form of ȝelp