'Yelping' definitions:
Definition of 'yelping'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Yelping'
From: GCIDE
- Yelp \Yelp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yelped; p. pr. & vb. n. Yelping.] [OE. yelpen, [yogh]elpen, to boast, boast noisily, AS. gielpan, gilpan, gylpan; akin to OHG. gelph arrogant: cf. Icel. gj[=a]lpa to yelp. Cf. Yap.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To boast. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup. [1913 Webster]
- A little herd of England's timorous deer, Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'yelping'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bawling,
- blatant,
- boanergean,
- brawling,
- clamorous,
- clamoursome,
- crying,
- loudmouthed,
- noisy,
- obstreperous,
- openmouthed,
- screaming,
- shouting,
- vociferant,
- vociferating,
- vociferous,
- yammering,
- yapping,
- yelling