15 January 2017

yawp or yaup

[yawp, yahp]

verb (used without object)

1. to utter a loud, harsh cry; to yelp, squawk, or bawl.
2. Slang. to talk noisily and foolishly or complainingly.
noun
3. a harsh cry.
4. Slang.
raucous or querulous speech.
a noisy, foolish utterance.

Origin of yawp

Middle English

1300-1350; Middle English yolpen; akin to yelp

Related forms

yawper, noun

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Examples from the Web for yawp

Contemporary Examples

Students moan and growl and shriek and yawp, as if exorcising demons in a ritualistic ceremony.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze
Lizzie Crocker
January 8, 2015

Historical Examples

Hear him for his cause, and ‘hold your yawp,’ till he has said what he has got to say.
The Knickerbocker, Vol. 57, No. 1, January 1861
Various

Dont let me hear of you opening your yawp the way you did just now.
The Heart of Canyon Pass
Thomas K. Holmes

Today’s quote

A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.

– Lemony Snicket

On this day

15 January – Martin Luther King Day, a public holiday in the United States of America, held on the third Monday in January, to celebrate the birth of Martin Luther King, a clergyman who promoted non-violent activism to achieve civil rights, particularly for African Americans.

15 January 1929 – birthday of Martin Luther King. American civil rights activist and clergyman. Died 4 April 1968.