yelp

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jɛlp/ Rhymes: -ɛlp === Etymology 1 === From Middle English ȝelp, yelp, from Old English ġielp (“boasting, arrogance, pride”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelp, from Proto-Germanic *gelpą (“boasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout”). ==== Noun ==== yelp (plural yelps) An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance. A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English ȝelpen, yelpen, from Old English ġielpan (“to boast”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelpan, from Proto-Germanic *gelpaną (“to sound off, boast”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel‑ (“to call, shout, scream”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian jalpe, galpe (“to bleep; cheep”), German Low German galpen (“to scream, shriek, howl”), Middle High German gelpfen, gelpfen (“to roar, howl, bark, boast, sing loudly”). ==== Verb ==== yelp (third-person singular simple present yelps, present participle yelping, simple past and past participle yelped) To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise. ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Pyle == Middle English == === Alternative forms === ȝelp, ȝelpe gelp (Early Middle English); ȝælp, ȝealp, ȝeolp (Laȝamon's Brut) === Etymology === Inherited from Old English ġielp, ġylp, ġelp, from Proto-West Germanic *gelp, from Proto-Germanic *gelpą. Compare yelpen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jɛlp/ === Noun === yelp (uncountable) Boasting, bragging; excessive vanity or self-aggrandisement. ==== Descendants ==== English: yelp Middle Scots: ȝelp Scots: yelp, yalp ==== References ==== “yelp, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 September 2018.