yelp /jɛlp 
/ ▸ noun a short, sharp cry, especially of pain or alarm: she uttered a yelp as she bumped into a table.
▸ verb [no object] utter a yelp: my dog was yelping as if hurt.
– DERIVATIVES yelper /ˈjɛlpə / noun – ORIGIN Old English g(i)elpan (verb) ‘to boast’, from a Germanic imitative base. From late Middle English ‘cry or sing with a loud voice’ the current sense arose in the 16th century.
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