yelping

/ˈjɛlpɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

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verb

present participle and gerund of yelp

noun

"[…] While still a pup, / You put him in a sack, then beat it / With a stick. When howls and yelpings die, / You send the houseboi out to set him free."
"the frenzied yelpings of the huntsman's dogs"

From Middle English yelpynge, from Old English ġilping; equivalent to yelp + -ing.

yelpings (plural)

yip yelp

helping

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How do you pronounce yelping?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjɛlpɪŋ/.

What does yelping mean?

present participle and gerund of yelp

Where does yelping come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

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