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Yaup   Listen
noun
Yaup  n.  
1.
A cry of distress, rage, or the like, as the cry of a sickly bird, or of a child in pain. (Scot. & Colloq. U. S.)
2.
(Zool.) The blue titmouse. (Prov. Eng.)



verb
Yaup  v. i.  (Written also yawp)  To cry out like a child; to yelp. (Scot. & Colloq. U. S.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Yaup" Quotes from Famous Books



... remarked Mr. Ropes, with grim significance, "you better shet your yaup, and be a bringin' that ...
— Cudjo's Cave • J. T. Trowbridge

... 412. vociferation, outcry, hullabaloo, chorus, clamor, hue and cry, plaint; lungs; stentor. V. cry, roar, shout, bawl, brawl, halloo, halloa, hoop, whoop, yell, bellow, howl, scream, screech, screak[obs3], shriek, shrill, squeak, squeal, squall, whine, pule, pipe, yaup[obs3]. cheer; hoot; grumble, moan, groan. snore, snort; grunt &c. (animal sounds) 412. vociferate; raise up the voice, lift up the voice; call out, sing out, cry out; exclaim; rend the air; thunder at the top of one's voice, shout ...
— Roget's Thesaurus



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