Synonyms for yawp

Grammar : Verb

Spell : yawp, yahp

Phonetic Transcription : yɔp, yɑp

Définition of yawp

Origin : c.1300, yolpen, probably echoic variant of yelpen (see yelp). Related: Yawped; yawping. The noun, in reference to speech, is recorded from 1835, now used chiefly with conscious echo of Whitman.

verb complain

Example sentences :

Hear him for his cause, and 'hold your yawp,' till he has said what he has got to say.
Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, Vol. 57, No. 1, January 1861 » by Various

Dont let me hear of you opening your yawp the way you did just now.
Extract from : « The Heart of Canyon Pass » by Thomas K. Holmes

You'd keep that yawp o' your'n goin', I believe, if it was the judgment day.
Extract from : « David Harum » by Edward Noyes Westcott

They can yawp and chortle and call me Skyrider as if it was a joke.
Extract from : « Skyrider » by B. M. Bower

From his raggedly whiskered lips burst a growl and a yawp which, too late, he regretted.
Extract from : « The Tyranny of Weakness » by Charles Neville Buck

Don't be in a hurry to let out a yawp; if dere's any hollerin' to be done, I'll take charge of it.
Extract from : « Wyoming » by Edward Sylvester Ellis

You know we agreed it was none of our business whether a peacock on the lawn or a dog in his kennel let out that yawp.
Extract from : « The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point » by Quincy Allen

Now they have shut up their yawp about him, since he has proved to be no better than Talmage or Beecher.
Extract from : « Peck's Compendium of Fun » by George W. Peck

An' with that the consarn gin sech a yawp, it plumb went through my haid.
Extract from : « The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge and Other Stories » by Charles Egbert Craddock

It thus becomes an inarticulate patriotic "yawp," of tremendous ear-splitting power.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 14, July 2, 1870 » by Various

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