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YAUP

Dictionary entry overview: What does yaup mean?

• YAUP (verb)
The verb YAUP has 1 sense:

1. emit long loud cries

Familiarity information: YAUP used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• YAUP (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Emit long loud cries

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

howl; ululate; wail; yaup; yawl; roar

Context examples:

wail in self-pity / howl with sorrow

Hypernyms (to "yaup" is one way to...):

call; cry; holler; hollo; scream; shout; shout out; squall; yell (utter a sudden loud cry)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "yaup"):

squall; waul; wawl (make high-pitched, whiney noises)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

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