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   yelp

   /jɛlp/

   noun

   • 1. a short, sharp cry, especially of pain or alarm: "she uttered a yelp as she bumped into a table"

   verb

   • 1. utter a yelp: "my dog was yelping as if hurt"

   Word Origin Old Englishg(i)elpan (verb) ‘to boast’, from a Germanic imitative base. From late Middle English ‘cry or sing with a loud voice’ the current sense arose in the 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. yelper noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • Y

     4

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • P

     3

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