yelps in English

noun

1

a short sharp cry, especially of pain or alarm.

she uttered a yelp as she bumped into a table

synonyms: squeal, shriek, howl, yowl, yell, cry, shout, bark, woof, holler

verb

1

utter a short sharp cry of pain or alarm.

my dogs were yelping at Linus

synonyms: squeal, shriek, howl, yowl, yell, cry, shout, bark, bay, woof, holler

noun

• squeal, shriek, howl, yowl, yell, cry, shout, bark, woof, holler
• yelping, yip

verb

• squeal, shriek, howl, yowl, yell, cry, shout, bark, bay, woof, holler
• yip, yap

Use "yelps" in a sentence

1. From far away drifted a faint, sharp yelp, followed by a chorus of similar sharp yelps.

2. This was different: these were the sounds of distress - short staccato yelps broken by prolonged baleful howling.

3. He jabs it with the business end of the spear and it yelps, retreating, baring its fangs.

4. Denice lets out little yelps of laughter at the occasional humorous moments and squirms and groans during the gory bits.

5. CHARLES BAUDELAIRE, HIS LIFE THOPHILE GAUTIER A dancer went down, coughing and Clawing at his throat, while yelps of surprise and pain told me others had been wounded

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7. With the first full puff of the smoke he gave over his moans and yelps, the agitation began to fade out of him, and Daughtry, Appreciatively waiting, saw the trembling go out of his hands, the pendulous lip-quivering cease, the saliva stop flowing from the corners of his mouth, and placidity come into the fiery remnants of his eyes.