-pə(r) noun
( -s )
1. : one that yelps: as
a. : a yelping dog
b. dialect England : avocet
c. dialect : greater yellowlegs
d. dialect England : redshank 1
2. : an instrument used by hunters to produce a call or whistle imitating the yelp of the wild turkey hen
3. : one whose utterance is a sound without sense or resembles a dog's bark
that species of orators called the yelpers — Sir Walter Scott