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yelp

noun as in short, high cry

Strongest match

verb as in short, high cry

Strongest match

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This provoked yelps from technocrats who said it was impractical and superfluous.

The vendor yelps and hits the ground, removing the only barrier between me and the aboatia.

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It made Penelope drowsy, and when the driver shouted and pulled the troika swiftly and hard to the rutted edge of the road, it startled her into a yelp.

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A yelp of dismay came from near where Mrs. Apple was sitting, but as the dear history teacher had lost her voice, the sound obviously did not originate with her.

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There was some scrambling about, and the sound of creaking, like a rusty hinge, followed by delighted yelps from the Incorrigibles.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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