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yelp

jɛlp
WordNet
Interesting fact
Cheetahs make a chirping sound that is much like a bird's chirp or a dog's yelp. The sound is so an intense, it can be heard a mile away.
  1. (v) yelp
    bark in a high-pitched tone "the puppies yelped"
  2. (n) yelp
    a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Yelp
    A sharp, quick cry; a bark.
  2. Yelp
    To boast. "I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe ."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. yelp
    To boast; cry up a thing; exult; brag.
  2. yelp
    To give a sharp, shrill, quick cry, resembling a bark; bark sharply and shrilly; yawp: said of dogs, and also of some other creatures, especially a wild turkey-hen.
  3. (n) yelp
    A boast; boasting.
  4. (n) yelp
    An eager bark or cry; a sharp, quick bark or cry caused by fear or pain.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.i) Yelp
    yelp to utter a sharp bark
  2. (n) Yelp
    a sharp, quick cry or bark
Quotations
Robert Burns
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
Robert Burns
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. yelpen, ȝelpen, to boast, boast noisily, AS. gielpan, gilpan, gylpan,; akin to OHG. gelph, arrogant: cf. Icel. gjālpa, to yelp. Cf. Yap

Usage in the news

) @ jm Curley, beer tastings with Yelp, freaky doll exhibit, Fluff Fest + more. thephoenix.com

Is Yelp Manipulating Its User Reviews. nymag.com

Saints quarterback Drew Brees repeated his pick of the Packers for Super Bowl XLV Saturday morning, this time drawing a yelp of joy from former Packers great Bart Starr's wife, Cherry. espn1420.com

Check out these weird pictures of politicians eating, with some real quotes (in bold) that we turned into Yelp reviews. keanradio.com

Check Out These Politician 's Quotes Turned Into Yelp Reviews. keanradio.com

Louise Glück — poet laureate, Rosenkranz Writer-in-Residence, author of The Next Great American Yelp Post. yaledailynews.com

Louise Glück, a former US poet laureate and Yale's Rosenkranz Writer-in-Residence, may have taken her to a new medium this month: Yelp. yaledailynews.com

Would Stoll consider responding directly to his critics on Yelp. inc.com

Woman Sued For Yelp Review, Forced to Make It Nicer. theriver-fm.com

Drycleaning & Laundry Institute Seal of Approval Webinar: 4 Square/Yelp. americandrycleaner.com

They were barking and yelping and could not wait to get the sled out on the road. thedenverchannel.com

PHOTO BY YELP USER SIMON L. sfbg.com

Yelp 's new weapon against fake reviews: User alerts. latimes.com

Yelp will start notifying consumers when it suspects businesses of buying good reviews. latimes.com

( Yelp / October 18, 2012 ). latimes.com

Usage in scientific papers

Based on a very large set of reviews from one very popular site (Yelp), we show that a high percentage of ostensibly anonymous reviews can be linked with very high con fidence.
Exploring Linkablility of Community Reviewing

Prominent examples include Yelp, Tripadvisor, Epinions, Wikipedia, Expedia and Netflix.
Exploring Linkablility of Community Reviewing

While the former usually greatly outnumber the latter, contributors can still number in hundreds of thousands for large sites, such as Yelp or Wikipedia.
Exploring Linkablility of Community Reviewing

For example, from only one review site – Yelp – we identified ∼ 2, 000 such reviewers.
Exploring Linkablility of Community Reviewing

We propose a generative model of deception which, in conjunction with a deception classifier , we use to explore the prevalence of deception in six popular online review communities: Expedia, Hotels.com, Orbitz, Priceline, TripAdvisor, and Yelp.
Estimating the Prevalence of Deception in Online Review Communities

Usage in literature

A coyote yelped in the far dusk. "Partners of Chance" by Henry Herbert Knibbs

Now they could hear the pack yelping down through the forest! "Bobby of the Labrador" by Dillon Wallace

I like to hear the dogs yelping, and follow them through the night. "The Three Black Pennys" by Joseph Hergesheimer

He yelped and whined and barked. "Bowser The Hound" by Thornton W. Burgess

He uttered several sharp yelps and began circling around the fallen tree on which Sam was sitting. "Through Forest and Fire" by Edward Ellis

The boys, feeling secure in the presence of their seniors, added their shrill yelps of pleasure. "The Ridin' Kid from Powder River" by Henry Herbert Knibbs

She holds her heads over the gulf, seeking for prey and yelping horribly. "The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy" by Padriac Colum

What shall we do with that yelping Dago? "Romance" by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

An answering yelp came from the direction of his father's house, but it was not given by the dog Don wanted to see just then. "The Boy Trapper" by Harry Castlemon

Old Tibbie yelped out with laughter, and then nigh choked. "Heralds of Empire" by Agnes C. Laut

Usage in poetry
And fresh recruits are dropping in
To join the merry corps:
With yelp and yell,—a mingled din—
The woods are in a roar.
With that she opened wide the door
And waved the critter through;
Out in the circumambient air
With grateful yelps he flew.
And hunters still find happiness
In seeing, red with wounds,
A sobbing deer, with liquid eyes,
Dragged down by yelping hounds!
I hear the hell-hounds yelping,
They're coming 'cross the plain;
With bloodshot eyes and gnashing teeth,
For blood of a Negro's veins.
Behold, on yon lone rock the Lion bound,
Who once o'er prostrate Europe looked around;
See now, a Spaniel, yelping at the gate
Of his strong dungeon, mock his altered State.
Juist help ye yersel', an' there's Ane that wull help:
Whan the Warl' steeks ye oot, ne'er sit down an' yelp
Like a doug, but bear bauldly yer heid, like a man—
Keep yer e'e an' yer hert aye abune gif ye can!