Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yoop

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yoop
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sobbing sound.

Example Sentences

"All the servants were there in the hall — all the dear friends — all the young ladies — the dancing-master who had just arrived; and there was such a scuffling, and hugging, and kissing, and crying, with the hysterical yoops of Miss Swartz […]"
"And Terice shrieked again and Helene gave a hysterical yoop. "Stop that!" ordered O'Leary sharply. As Terice, her mouth still open, stared at him and Helene nearly strangled on a sob, he added: "See here, we are in a rather terrible situation. […]"

Etymology

Imitative.

Inflected Forms

yoops (plural)

Questions

What does yoop mean?: A sobbing sound.
Where does yoop come from?: Imitative.

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