yaup
IPA: jˈɔp
noun
- Obsolete spelling of yawp [A yelp or bark.]
verb
- (Scotland, intransitive) To be hungry.
- Obsolete spelling of yawp [(intransitive) To yelp, or utter a sharp cry, as in intense pain, or another raucous noise.]
adjective
- (Scotland) hungry
Examples of "yaup" in Sentences
- With a shrill yaup of terror Long Bill jerked a gun from its holster and fired upward.
- "Hold your yaup," cried another boy, standing by; "if you don't like your bet, Hen Billings, I'll take it off your hands."
- Emerson believes in him; Lowell not at all; Longfellow finds some good in his 'yaup;' but the truth is, he is in an amorphous condition.”
- Emerson believes in him; Lowell not at all; Longfellow finds some good in his 'yaup;' but the truth is, he is in an amorphous condition. "