yaup

yaup
verb
emit long loud cries
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wail in self-pity

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howl with sorrow

Syn: ↑howl, ↑ululate, ↑wail, ↑roar, ↑yawl
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:
shout, ↑shout out, ↑cry, ↑call, ↑yell, ↑scream, ↑holler, ↑hollo, ↑squall
Hyponyms: ↑squall, ↑waul, ↑wawl
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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variant of yawp

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yauper, n.
/yawp, yahp/, v.i., n.
yawp.

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yaup /yöp/ (Scot)
adjective
Hungry
ORIGIN: OE gēap shrewd

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yaup «yawp, yahp», intransitive verb, noun.
Informal. yawp.
yaup´er, noun.

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yaup
var. yap a., yawp.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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Synonyms:
, , (as a child or a bird)


Look at other dictionaries:

  • Yaup — Yaup, v. i. [See {Yap}, and {Yelp}.] To cry out like a child; to yelp. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.] [Written also {yawp}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Yaup — Yaup, n. [Written also yawp.] [1913 Webster] 1. A cry of distress, rage, or the like, as the cry of a sickly bird, or of a child in pain. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • yaup´er — yaup «yawp, yahp», intransitive verb, noun. Informal. yawp. –yaup´er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • yaup — [yôp, yäp] vi., n. var. of YAWP …   English World dictionary

  • yaup — [[t]yɔp, yɑp[/t]] v. i. n. yawp yaup′er, n …   From formal English to slang

  • yaup — I. intransitive verb see yawp I II. noun see yawp II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • yaup — yauper, n. /yawp, yahp/, v.i., n. yawp. * * * …   Universalium

  • yaup — North Country (Newcastle) Words to cry loudly and incessantly, to lament; to yelp as a dog …   English dialects glossary

  • yaup — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb & noun See yawp …   English dictionary for students

  • yaup — v. n. Yelp, yap, cry (as a child or a bird) …   New dictionary of synonyms

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