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verb

present tense third-person singular of yelp
as in shrieks
to cry out loudly and emotionally yelped with surprise when everything fell off the closet shelf and onto his head

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yelps

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noun

plural of yelp
as in squeals

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Recent Examples of yelps
Verb
Hens make a combination of clucks and yelps when calling to a gobbler. — Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026 His daughter yelps delightedly as a calf wanders close to the fence. — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 16 May 2026 Saar yelps in an elevated octave before slipping them on … And not two seconds later kicking them off. — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yelps
  1. shrieks
  2. cackles
  3. screams
  4. barks
  5. squeals
  6. howls
  7. grunts
  8. clucks
Verb
  • Back in the car, Albert moans and groans while Billie shrieks in panic.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of shrieks
Noun
  • One minute later, cackles rippled through my eardrums at a higher decibel than before.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
  • As evening falls, the clink of pints and bursts of cackles spill from Pat Collins Pub—where locals swap stories to the rhythm of fiddle tunes beneath an Irish twilight.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Definition of cackles
Verb
  • Pig screams were no different from our screams.
    — Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • Nothing screams summer like nautical stripes.
    — Genevieve Cepeda, InStyle, 26 June 2026
Definition of screams
Noun
  • Incense usually comes in either cone or stick form and is composed of fragrant material — usually resins, seeds, barks and flowers — that’s bound together using a combustible material.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
  • Caspar David Friedrich has sketchbooks of particular branches, twigs, barks of different trees.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Definition of barks
Verb
  • Soto’s Marie pouts and squeals with abandon.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • At bars across the United States, live watch parties were packed, squeals resounding.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of squeals
Noun
  • Many American poets have written hymns and howls, declarations and outcries for this country that brims with so many people, and so many hopes, from all over the world.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 4 July 2026
  • Through blood-curdling howls and rants about fascism, fraud, and fighting to understand your identity, Truck Violence push through ugliness to find something more unaltered and real.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
Definition of howls
Noun
  • Most fights consist of dealing with waves of basic grunts with the occasional bruiser or shooter thrown in to keep you on edge.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • The crowd erupted in hearty grunts and boos after the error.
    — Kendall Staton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2026
Definition of grunts
Noun
  • Hens make a combination of clucks and yelps when calling to a gobbler.
    — Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of clucks

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