yelped

past tense of yelp
as in shrieked
to cry out loudly and emotionally yelped with surprise when everything fell off the closet shelf and onto his head

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  • Tepper called girls and women to the stand to confirm that Cox had yelled slurs out the window of his car, or on the street.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Many employees are berated, yelled at, or bossed around daily.
    Lieke ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Yelped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelped. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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