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yelp

/jɛlp/ verb C2
  1. To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise. · The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water.

He/she/it yelps · Past yelped · Past participle yelped · -ing form yelping

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Verb forms

Base form
yelp
He/she/it
yelps
Past
yelped
Past participle
yelped
-ing form
yelping

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The Lone Wolf must have sprung and missed his hold, for Mowgli heard the snap of his teeth and then a yelp as the Sambhur knocked him over with his forefoot.
The Jungle Book, p. 20 · B2
Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of stick, and held it out to the puppy; whereupon the puppy jumped into the air off all its feet at once, with a yelp of delight, and rushed at the stick, and made believe to worry it; then Alice dodged behind a great thistle, to keep herself from being run over; and the moment she appeared on the other side, the puppy made another rush at the stick, and tumbled head over heels in its hurry to get hold of it; then Alice, thinking it was very like having a game of play with a cart-horse, and expecting every moment to be trampled under its feet, ran round the thistle again; then the puppy began a series of short charges at the stick, running a very little way forwards each time and a long way back, and barking hoarsely all the while, till at last it sat down a good way off, panting, with its tongue hanging out of its mouth, and its great eyes half shut.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 29 · B2

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