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
ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025
Instead, the yelps and clucks from three calls orchestrated by Dr. H. S. (Buck) Banton had resulted in our facing down a pair of Alabama gobblers in an area that didn’t have a single turkey before 1956.
—Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2025
Laura A. Bischoff, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Male turkeys gobble and strut, puffing out their feathers, to impress hens, who yelp and cluck in response.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Bonobos, great apes related to us and chimpanzees that live in the Republic of Congo, communicate with vocal calls including peeps, hoots, yelps, grunts, and whistles.
—ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025
Instead, the yelps and clucks from three calls orchestrated by Dr. H. S. (Buck) Banton had resulted in our facing down a pair of Alabama gobblers in an area that didn’t have a single turkey before 1956.
—Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
The officer squeezed off three quick shots, hitting the dog and sending it back into the house, yelping.
—Laura A. Bischoff, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Male turkeys gobble and strut, puffing out their feathers, to impress hens, who yelp and cluck in response.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
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Verb
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Three days before the biggest fireworks holiday of the year, the building exploded, sparking a fire that raged across the flat valley floor amid the sounds of fireworks popping and shrieking.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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Gypsy’s famous stage mother, played by shrieking Audra McDonald, is racialized in Broadway’s latest instance of gaslighting.—
Armond White,
National Review,
13 June 2025
Noun
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When the spotlight hit vocalist Noah Sebastian, a decidedly un-metal chorus of teenage squeals filled the air.—
Cal Roach,
jsonline.com,
5 July 2025
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The gym was quiet, echoing only the squeal of sneakers and pounding of the basketball instead of the music and laughter that typically accompany a pregame training session.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
5 June 2025
Verb
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Woman screams as snake attacks—dog jumps in and takes the venom for her The video highlighted the canine parents, with viewers instantly falling in love with the unique puppies.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
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The club was a wonderful, sweaty mess of devoted fans screaming Charli lyrics that didn’t even make the Moody Center set.—
Ana Gutierrez Austin American Statesman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Noun
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The footage shows the beautiful black cat not with a typical meow, but with a series of gentle squeaks.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 June 2025
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George's solo culminated in a symphony of squeaks before MJ Lenderman returned to the stage for a two-song encore.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Cicadas are back at it again in 2025, already emerging in droves to announce the approach of summer with their screeches.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
30 May 2025
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The screech of an infected is the first sign of trouble.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 May 2025
Noun
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To keep the soil moist and cool, a mulch of pine bark or pine straw is helpful.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 July 2025
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While there are about 2,800 species of scorpions, there is only one in the U.S. that's dangerous to humans, according to the University of Arizona Health Sciences: the Arizona bark scorpion.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Liam sang most of the songs in his reedy yowl, all charisma with his hands pulled behind his back, head tilted up toward the sky and a parka often inexplicably zipped all the way up to his chin.—
Paula Mejía,
Vulture,
5 July 2025
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Some hockey teams have incorporated sound effects into their celebratory goal-horn noise—a cannon blast for the Columbus Blue Jackets, a cat’s yowl for the Florida Panthers.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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The animals use complex clicks, squawks and whistles to call out to each other, fight and attract a mate.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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The show is thrilling as a sensory experience, humming with sinister percussive beats and the occasional muffled animal squawk in the distance.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Yelp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yelp. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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