yawp
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 4
/jɔːp/
(UK)
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/jɔːp/ (UK) · /jɔp/ (US) · /jɑp/
Definition of yawp
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (intransitive)To yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise.
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verb
- (intransitive)To yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise.
- (intransitive)To talk loudly and coarsely.
- (intransitive)To clamor, to utter loud complaints.
noun
- A yelp or bark.
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Loud or coarse talk.
“I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. - Walt Whitman”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English yolpen, of imitative origin.
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