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# yelp

«yelp» in Mova's school dictionary: **To give a short, sharp cry, especially of pain, fright or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (yelp, yelps, yelped, yelping); noun (a yelp, yelps)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To give a short, sharp cry, especially of pain, fright or surprise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yelp/#m1)

2) (noun) A short, sharp cry, especially of a dog or a person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yelp/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Animals and stories: a puppy yelps when someone treads on its paw. In stories it shows sudden pain or fright. Phrases: «yelp in pain», «give a yelp», «yelp with surprise».

### examples

- The puppy yelped when I stepped on its tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yelp/#x1)
- She gave a yelp when the cold water hit her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yelp/#x2)
- «Ouch!» he yelped, holding his toe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yelp/#x3)
- We heard a yelp from the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yelp/#x4)
- The fox yelped in the night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yelp/#x5)
- Lily yelped with surprise when the balloon popped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yelp/#x6)
- The witch howled, squealed, yelped like a dog, and fled away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yelp/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: yelped. Similar: «squeal», «yowl», «cry out». A «yelp» is short; a «howl» is long. Also the name of a review website, written with a capital Y.

### In the corpora

- [Chloe yelped and burst into tears.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «yelp» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yelp/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.