yawp

(redirected from yawpers)
Also found in: Thesaurus.

yawp

(yôp)

intr.v. yawped, yawp·ing, yawps

1. To utter a sharp cry; yelp.

2. To talk loudly, raucously, or coarsely.

1. A bark; a yelp.

2. Loud or coarse talk or utterance: "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world" (Walt Whitman).

[Middle English yolpen, possibly variant of yelpen; see yelp.]

yawp′er n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

yawp

(jɔːp)

vb (intr)

1. (Physiology) to gape or yawn, esp audibly

2. to shout, cry, or talk noisily; bawl

3. to bark, yelp, or yowl

4. a shout, bark, yelp, or cry

5. US and Canadian a noisy, foolish, or raucous utterance

[C15: yolpen, probably of imitative origin; see yap, yelp]

ˈyawper n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

yawp

or yaup

(yɔp, yɑp)

v.i.

1. to utter a loud, harsh cry.

2. to talk noisily and complainingly.

3. a harsh cry.

a. raucous or querulous talk.

b. a noisy, foolish utterance.

[1300–50; akin to yelp]

yawp′er, n.

yawp

Past participle: yawped
Gerund: yawping

Imperative
yawp
yawp

Present
I yawp
you yawp
he/she/it yawps
we yawp
you yawp
they yawp

Preterite
I yawped
you yawped
he/she/it yawped
we yawped
you yawped
they yawped

Present Continuous
I am yawping
you are yawping
he/she/it is yawping
we are yawping
you are yawping
they are yawping

Present Perfect
I have yawped
you have yawped
he/she/it has yawped
we have yawped
you have yawped
they have yawped

Past Continuous
I was yawping
you were yawping
he/she/it was yawping
we were yawping
you were yawping
they were yawping

Past Perfect
I had yawped
you had yawped
he/she/it had yawped
we had yawped
you had yawped
they had yawped

Future
I will yawp
you will yawp
he/she/it will yawp
we will yawp
you will yawp
they will yawp

Future Perfect
I will have yawped
you will have yawped
he/she/it will have yawped
we will have yawped
you will have yawped
they will have yawped

Future Continuous
I will be yawping
you will be yawping
he/she/it will be yawping
we will be yawping
you will be yawping
they will be yawping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been yawping
you have been yawping
he/she/it has been yawping
we have been yawping
you have been yawping
they have been yawping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been yawping
you will have been yawping
he/she/it will have been yawping
we will have been yawping
you will have been yawping
they will have been yawping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been yawping
you had been yawping
he/she/it had been yawping
we had been yawping
you had been yawping
they had been yawping

Conditional
I would yawp
you would yawp
he/she/it would yawp
we would yawp
you would yawp
they would yawp

Past Conditional
I would have yawped
you would have yawped
he/she/it would have yawped
we would have yawped
you would have yawped
they would have yawped

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Verb	1.	yawp - make a raucous noise bawl roar, howl - make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute"
	2.	yawp - complain whiningly grizzle, yammer, whine kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" snivel, whine - talk in a tearful manner