yawp

Y4A1W4P3
UK/jɔːp/US/jɔp/cot caught merger/jɑp/

verb

To yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise.

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OriginMiddle English yolpen →
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Meanings

verbyawp (third-person singular simple present yawps, present participle yawping, simple past and past participle yawped)

present singular third person yawps · participle present yawping · participle past yawped · past yawped · alternative yaup

  1. intransitiveTo yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise.
  2. intransitiveTo talk loudly and coarsely.
  3. intransitiveTo clamor, to utter loud complaints.
nounyawp (plural yawps)

plural yawps · alternative yaup

  1. A yelp or bark.
  2. Loud or coarse talk.

    I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. - Walt Whitman

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake a raucous noise

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bawl
Broader
roarhowl

verbcomplain whiningly

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishyolpen
  2. Englishyawp

From Middle English yolpen, of imitative origin.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with yawp

scaupgawplemon drop
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Anagrams

pawy
Cite this entry
APA

yawp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yawp

MLA

“yawp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yawp. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yawp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yawp.

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