Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of yelp
plural yelpings
- The act of producing a yelp.
the frenzied yelpings of the huntsman's dogs
1 more example
[…] While still a pup, / You put him in a sack, then beat it / With a stick. When howls and yelpings die, / You send the houseboi out to set him free.
1969, Louis Johnson, “The Way to Train a Dog” (poem), reprinted in Louis Johnson (poet), Terry Sturm (editor), Selected Poems, Victoria University Press (2000), page 101
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishġilping
- Middle Englishyelpynge
- Englishyelping
From Middle English yelpynge, from Old English ġilping; equivalent to yelp + -ing.
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