YELP Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of yelp

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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Cantanucci’s property line is 72 feet away, but her hearing is such that the sound of balls bouncing and people yelping jumped the hedgerows. — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026 Start the day with yelping sea lions and a Coffee Girl latte at Pier 39, a former cannery dating from 1875, before hitting the town. — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2026

Noun

Clucks and yelps are essential, and anyone who can make these two calls can eventually call up a gobbler. — Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026 The yelps and chatter of a nursery school recess clattered down from a small hill overlooking the scene. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for yelp

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The other customers cowered in the corners, while crowds formed at the windows outside, shrieking and recording the scene on their phones.

— Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
Kids are shrieking through their favorite splash pads, faces sticky with Bomb Pop juice and joy.

— Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 2 July 2026

Definition of shriek

Noun

Witness Hoon Chan Sim, 53, was sitting on a park lawn with his dog near West Drive when he was startled by the squeal of braking tires, and spun around to see the horrific collision.

— Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
From the pig trailer came a bang, followed by a muffled squeal.

— Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

Definition of squeal

Verb

Contrary to his radio silence at today’s hearings, one thing that screams with clarity is Fauci’s diary.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 29 July 2026
The Jets offseason didn’t scream planning for the future after bringing in Demario Davis (37), Geno Smith (35), David Onyemata (33), Tim Patrick (32) and Minkah Fitzpatrick (29).

— Josh Kendall, New York Times, 28 July 2026

Definition of scream

Noun

Equally notable throughout the game was the angry screech, reserved for whenever the Czech Republic players had the ball — or worse — were given a free kick.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Guests range from ordinary commuters to figures like Cate Blanchett and Julian Casablancas, all subject to the same fluorescent lighting and ambient subway screech.

— Arushi Jacob, Variety, 19 June 2026

Definition of screech

Noun

Somewhere in the heated mist hovered the howls of Albert Ayler and the clarion call of his brother Donald’s trumpet, followed by the Ornette Coleman Quartet, saluting him with joyous cacophony.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
Her Valley girl howl will stop you in your tracks, proclaiming friendship, revolution, and, yeah, lust.

— Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026

Definition of howl

Noun

The most famous item is a birch-bark saddle emblazoned with a prancing horse – the design from which the tomb takes its modern name.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 26 July 2026
The next week will see the Larson and Bronin stripping the bark off each other on the air and in mailboxes.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026

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