From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Animals, Colours & soundsyelpyelp /jelp/ noun [countable]HBACa short sharp high cry which a person or an animal makes because they are excited, in pain, surprised etcgive/let out a yelp of pain/dismay/surprise etcThe water was hotter than she had expected, and she gave an involuntary yelp. —yelp verb [intransitive]The dog ran up and down, yelping.Examples from the Corpusyelp• Ten minutes later, from somewhere ahead, I heard a little yelp and camelnoises.• Whimperings, body movements, tail-wags, even little yelps are all heard to emanate from sleepingcanines.• Denice lets out little yelps of laughter at the occasionalhumorous moments and squirms and groans during the gorybits.• The songcrescendos and is destroyed in a flurry of yelps and crashingcymbals.• Only during a stop do they howl or yelp, as the frustration of inactivity gets to them.• They woke in panic and, accompanied by Clarissa's yelps, were thrown out.• She jumped back from the fire with a suddenyelp of pain.• I could tell by the yelps of anguish from the centralizers in Washington if by no other way.OriginyelpOld Englishgielpan