yawp
[verb]
Synonyms: squall, caw, quawk, squark, squawk, gripe, beef, bellyache, bitch, bleat, blow off, crab, fuss, yammer

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yawp verb & noun. [jɔ:p] Also yaup. ME.
[Imit. Cf. YAP verb, YELP verb.]
A. verb intrans.
1. Shout or exclaim hoarsely; (of a dog) yelp; (of a bird) give a raucous or querulous cry. Chiefly dial. ME.
■ K. S. Prichard Frogs..yawped through the long hours.

2. Gape, gawp. dial. M19.
■ P. G. Wodehouse He just yawped at me like a half-wit.

3. Speak foolishly or noisily. US. L19.
Brooklyn Eagle The Eagle is opposed to free trade nonsense and anti-Imperalist yawping.
b. noun.
1. A hoarse, raucous, or querulous cry. Chiefly dial. E19.

2. Foolish or noisy talk. Chiefly US. M19.
■ J. H. Ingraham 'Hold your yaup'..roared the old man.
■ W. Whitman I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.

■ yawper noun L17.

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