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单词 yawp
释义 yawp
I. intransitive verb
or yaup \ˈyȯp\
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English yolpen, probably from past participle of yelpen to boast, call out, yelp — more at yelp
1.
 a. : to make a raucous noise : bawl, squawk
  < yawped at the top of her lungs — Maritta Wolff >
  < a foghorn howled once, twice, and yawped into silence again — Leslie Waller >
 b. : to raise a clamor : complain, yammer
  < a man must have … the right to quit his job, and the right to yawp — J.R.Chamberlain >
  < the doctor yawped about economics — Idwal Jones >
2. [alteration of gaup] dialect : gape, stare
yawp·er \-pə(r)\ noun -s
II. noun
also yaup \“\
(-s)
1. : a raucous noise : squawk, yell
 < broke into barbaric yawps suggesting colicky infants — Duncan Aikman >
2. : talk; especially : foolish complaining talk
 < never heard such dang-fool yawp in my life — C.T.Jackson >
3. : something suggestive of a raucous noise
 < the existentialist yawp of despair — W.I.Nichols >
specifically : rough vigorous language
 < sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world — Walt Whitman >
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