Yĕlp, v. i.

v. i. [imp. & p. p. YELPED (yĕlpt); p. pr. & vb. n. YELPING.] [A-S. gilpan, to boast, gealp, a loud sound, a clang, galpian, to applaud, Dan. gylpe, to croak, to caw, Icel. gialpa, gjálfra, to make a tumult, O. H. Ger. gelban, to boast, gelf, boasting, petulance, clamor. Cf. YAP.] To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly, with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yelp.

*A little herd of England's timorous deer Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs.* Shak.

At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation. W. Irving.