- yaup
- verbemit long loud cries-
wail in self-pity
-howl with sorrow
• Derivationally related forms:↑roar (for: ↑roar), ↑roaring (for: ↑roar), ↑wail (for: ↑wail), ↑wailer (for: ↑wail), ↑wailing (for: ↑wail), ↑ululation (for: ↑ululate), ↑howl (for: ↑howl), ↑howling (for: ↑howl)• Hypernyms:• Verb Frames:-Something ——s
-Somebody ——s
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variant of yawp* * *
—yauper, n./yawp, yahp/, v.i., n.yawp.* * *
yaup /yöp/ (Scot)adjectiveHungryORIGIN: OE gēap shrewd* * *
yaup «yawp, yahp», intransitive verb, noun.Informal. yawp.–yaup´er, noun.* * *
yaup
Useful english dictionary. 2012.