yelping
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 7
/ˈjɛlpɪŋ/
Definition of yelping
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of yelp
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verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of yelp
noun
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The act of producing a yelp.
“[…] 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.”
“the frenzied yelpings of the huntsman's dogs”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English yelpinge, from Old English ġilping; equivalent to yelp + -ing.
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