I. intransitive verb
or yaup ˈyȯp
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English yolpen, probably from past participle of yelpen to boast, call out, yelp — more at yelp
1.
a. : to make a raucous noise : bawl , squawk
yawped at the top of her lungs — Maritta Wolff
a foghorn howled once, twice, and yawped into silence again — Leslie Waller
b. : to raise a clamor : complain , yammer
a man must have … the right to quit his job, and the right to yawp — J.R.Chamberlain
the doctor yawped about economics — Idwal Jones
2.
[alteration of gaup ]
dialect : gape , stare
• yawp·er -pə(r) noun -s
II. noun
also yaup “
( -s )
1. : a raucous noise : squawk , yell
broke into barbaric yawps suggesting colicky infants — Duncan Aikman
2. : talk ; especially : foolish complaining talk
never heard such dang-fool yawp in my life — C.T.Jackson
3. : something suggestive of a raucous noise
the existentialist yawp of despair — W.I.Nichols
specifically : rough vigorous language
sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world — Walt Whitman