Read full poem →The snappish cur (the passenger's annoy)
Close at my heel with yelping treble flies;
The whimpering girl, and hoarser-screaming boy,
Dictionary Entry
To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.
In a Sentence
“The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “yelping”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,
To please the yelping dogs. The gaps I mean,
No one has seen them made or heard them made,
Read full poem →Paint me the bold anfractuous rocks
Faced by the snarled and yelping seas.