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(), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Yelped (); p. pr. & vb. n.Yelping.] [OE. yelpen, elpen, to boast, boast noisily, AS. gielpan, gilpan, gylpan; akin to OHG. gelph arrogant: cf. Icel. gjlpa to yelp. Cf. Yap.] 1. To boast. [Obs.] I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe. Chaucer. 2. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup. A little herd of England's timorous deer, Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs? Shak. At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation. W. Irving. Yelp n.A sharp, quick cry; a bark. Chaucer. スポンサード リンク
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