v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Yelped p. pr. & vb. n. Yelping. ] [ OE. yelpen, &yogh_;elpen, to boast, boast noisily, AS. gielpan, gilpan, gylpan; akin to OHG. gelph arrogant: cf. Icel. gjālpa to yelp. Cf. Yap. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. To boast. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] I keep [ care ] not of armes for to yelpe. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup. [ 1913 Webster ] A little herd of England's timorous deer, Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ] |