as in to shriek
to cry out loudly and emotionally
yelped with surprise when everything fell off the closet shelf and onto his head
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Recent Examples of yelp
Stephanie Pearson, Outside, 19 Feb. 2026
Or rather not sang but yelped along happily.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
Doing this yelp as a human may work when training certain dogs, but the AKC advises that with some puppies, this could actually get the puppy more worked up and likely to bite.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Kids pulled in on sleds by their parents are yelping in glee, slipping and sliding around jaws of ice.
—Stephanie Pearson, Outside, 19 Feb. 2026
Or rather not sang but yelped along happily.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
My next yelp was greeted with dead silence.
—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
Doing this yelp as a human may work when training certain dogs, but the AKC advises that with some puppies, this could actually get the puppy more worked up and likely to bite.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelp
Verb
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As the base runners scampered home, tying the game, Chicago players and fans alike shrieked with glee.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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What is a better visual metaphor for being a woman in America than the sight of Patricia (Kate O’Flynn) tearing through the streets of Widow’s Bay, shrieking for help and finding none, while an out-of-shape freak stalks her and somehow manages to catch up to her?—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
Noun
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In response, the paddlers near the front of the canoe momentarily pause their paddling and squeal as the sea lion splashes them.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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These threatened and endangered species are gentle, curious, and squeal-inducing levels of adorable, making a rare sighting all the more special and memorable.—
Joey Skladany,
Southern Living,
21 May 2026
Verb
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As if each of us isn’t a walking embodiment of our moment, clueless and attuned at once, screaming about one thing and in total denial about another.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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The first thing many visitors see from their airplane windows is the giant LUMEN screaming up through the Seattle gloom.—
Les Carpenter,
Washington Post,
10 June 2026
Noun
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The parrot responded by barking, a real yip like a small dog.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The vocal repertoire consisted of at least seven different squeak types.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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Others reported a persistent squeak.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Native to North America, eastern screech-owls are mostly gray, reddish-brown or brown with yellow eyes, according to the Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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This causes a blast of high-energy radiation called a gamma-ray burst (GRB), a final screech of gravitational waves, and sends out a spray of neutron-rich matter, which allows a process to occur that generates very heavy but unstable elements.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Her presence is heralded not by the sounds of howls, roars or clanking chains, but by the shutting of the door to her study, the scrape of her chair as it is pulled towards her desk, and the clanking of her type-writer keys.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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At that point, a loud drum fill announces itself, snarling electric guitars kick in and McCartney’s trademark howls of old arrive in time for a fairly kick-ass chorus.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 May 2026
Noun
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Long before the ecosystems in Illinois were altered by settlers, Native Americans used cottonwood bark for food and medicine, and the roots to create ceremonial items.—
Sheryl DeVore,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
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While the officer's body camera was not recording audio at the time the shots were fired, Schielke said her clients never heard the dog bark or growl.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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“Yelp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelp. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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