Yauping

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Making a sharp, loud cry or yelp, as a dog or person does when shouting out in distress or excitement
2. Uttering a piercing, noisy shout or yelp, the way a hound or a person might call out loudly
3. Crying out in a harsh, loud voice, typically in a sudden burst of noise from the throat

Etymology: "Yauping" is the continuous form of "yaup," a verb from Scots and northern English meaning to yelp or cry out in a loud, drawn-out way. It is likely a variant of "yelp," which came into Middle English as "yelpen" from Old English "gielpan," a word meaning to boast or make a loud noise. The noisy sense has persisted in the dialect form, while the boasting sense died out in English.

Synonyms: yelp, yawp