"yelp" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /jɛlp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yelp.wav [Southern-England] Forms: yelps [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlp Etymology: From Middle English ȝelp, yelp, from Old English ġielp (“boasting, arrogance, pride”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelp, from Proto-Germanic *gelpą (“boasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ȝelp}} Middle English ȝelp, {{m|enm|yelp}} yelp, {{inh|en|ang|ġielp|t=boasting, arrogance, pride}} Old English ġielp (“boasting, arrogance, pride”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*gelp}} Proto-West Germanic *gelp, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gelpą|t=boasting}} Proto-Germanic *gelpą (“boasting”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰel-|t=to shout}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} yelp (plural yelps)
  1. An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance. Translations (an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance): скимтене (skimtene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), hyl [neuter] (Danish), jelpo (Esperanto), ulvahdus (Finnish), hihkaisu (Finnish), älähdys (Finnish), jappement [masculine] (French), couinement [masculine] (French), წივილი (c̣ivili) (Georgian), კივილი (ḳivili) (Georgian), γαβγίζω (gavgízo) (Greek), vakkantás (Hungarian), aboyeto (Ido), sceamh [feminine] (Irish), strillo [masculine] (Italian), 悲鳴 (himei) (Japanese), dengking (Malay), wēwē (Maori), ngawē (Maori), pisk [masculine] (Polish), zawycie [neuter] (Polish), zaskomlenie [neuter] (Polish), ganido [masculine] (Portuguese), визг (vizg) [masculine] (Russian), визжа́ние (vizžánije) [neuter] (Russian), tathann [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), aullido [masculine] (Spanish), trino [masculine] (Spanish), quejido [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-yelp-en-noun-4yJJh5Yj Disambiguation of 'an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance': 98 2
  2. A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail. Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-yelp-en-noun-Ze7jqZzq Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 38 54 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 70 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 72 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /jɛlp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yelp.wav [Southern-England] Forms: yelps [present, singular, third-person], yelping [participle, present], yelped [participle, past], yelped [past]
Rhymes: -ɛlp Etymology: From Middle English ȝelpen, yelpen, from Old English ġielpan (“to boast”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelpan, from Proto-Germanic *gelpaną (“to sound off, boast”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel‑ (“to call, shout, scream”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian jalpe, galpe (“to bleep; cheep”), German Low German galpen (“to scream, shriek, howl”), Middle High German gelpfen, gelpfen (“to roar, howl, bark, boast, sing loudly”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ȝelpen}} Middle English ȝelpen, {{m|enm|yelpen}} yelpen, {{inh|en|ang|ġielpan|t=to boast}} Old English ġielpan (“to boast”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*gelpan}} Proto-West Germanic *gelpan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gelpaną|t=to sound off, boast}} Proto-Germanic *gelpaną (“to sound off, boast”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰel‑|t=to call, shout, scream}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰel‑ (“to call, shout, scream”), {{cog|stq|jalpe}} Saterland Frisian jalpe, {{m|stq|galpe|t=to bleep; cheep}} galpe (“to bleep; cheep”), {{cog|nds-de|galpen|t=to scream, shriek, howl}} German Low German galpen (“to scream, shriek, howl”), {{cog|gmh|gelpfen}} Middle High German gelpfen, {{m|gmh|gelpfen|t=to roar, howl, bark, boast, sing loudly}} gelpfen (“to roar, howl, bark, boast, sing loudly”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} yelp (third-person singular simple present yelps, present participle yelping, simple past and past participle yelped)
  1. To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise. Translations (to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise): скимтя (skimtja) (Bulgarian), vyjeknout (Czech), zakňučet [perfective] (Czech), zavýsknout [perfective] (Czech), hyle (Danish), jelpi (Esperanto), hihkaista (Finnish), hihkua [frequentative] (Finnish), ulvahtaa (Finnish), japper (French), couiner (French), ganir (Galician), latir (Galician), წივილი (c̣ivili) (Georgian), კივილი (ḳivili) (Georgian), aboyetar (Ido), sceamh (Irish), strillare (Italian), 悲鳴をあげる (himei o ageru) (Japanese), ganniō (Latin), tūwē (Maori), tīwē (Maori), wēwē (note: of a dog) (Maori), piszczeć [imperfective] (Polish), zapiszczeć [perfective] (Polish), wyć [imperfective] (Polish), zawyć [perfective] (Polish), skomleć [imperfective] (Polish), zaskomleć [perfective] (Polish), ganir (Portuguese), визжа́ть (vizžátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), बुक्कति (bukkati) (Sanskrit), tathainn (Scottish Gaelic), cičati (Serbo-Croatian), gañir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-yelp-en-verb-OCXNfJHB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance",
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          "word": "trino"
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          "roman": "skimtja",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
          "word": "jelpi"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
          "word": "japper"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
          "word": "aboyetar"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
          "word": "strillare"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "himei o ageru",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
          "word": "悲鳴をあげる"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
          "word": "tūwē"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
          "word": "tīwē"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "note": "of a dog",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
          "word": "wēwē"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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          "word": "piszczeć"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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          "word": "zapiszczeć"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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          "word": "wyć"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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          "word": "zawyć"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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          "word": "skomleć"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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          "word": "визжа́ть"
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          "code": "sa",
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      "roman": "skimtene",
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        "neuter"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "c̣ivili",
      "sense": "an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance",
      "word": "წივილი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "ḳivili",
      "sense": "an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance",
      "word": "კივილი"
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      "sense": "an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance",
      "word": "γαβγίζω"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance",
      "word": "vakkantás"
    },
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      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance",
      "word": "aboyeto"
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      "sense": "an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance",
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      "sense": "an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance",
      "word": "悲鳴"
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      "word": "dengking"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance",
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "an abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance",
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      "roman": "skimtja",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "ulvahtaa"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "japper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "couiner"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "ganir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "latir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣ivili",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "წივილი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳivili",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "კივილი"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "aboyetar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "sceamh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "strillare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "himei o ageru",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "悲鳴をあげる"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "ganniō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "tūwē"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "tīwē"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of a dog",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "wēwē"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "piszczeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zapiszczeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zawyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "skomleć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaskomleć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "ganir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vizžátʹ",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "визжа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "bukkati",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "बुक्कति"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "tathainn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "cičati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise",
      "word": "gañir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yelp"
}

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