Verb (used without object) : The boy yelped in pain when the horse stepped on his foot. From Dictionary.com.
And yelping is also good for calling the birds in. From Wordnik.com. [I would like to hunt turkeys with my bow this fall. It will be my first time hunting turkeys.] Reference
Most of the time yelping is the only thing that will get them to gobble for me. from Elmer Fudd on 02.10.10. From Wordnik.com. [The Portable Pond] Reference
Once he's on the ground, begin yelping or clucking to makehim come to your calls before he has attracted other hens. From Wordnik.com. [Scouting Strategies for Turkey Hunters] Reference
Once you locate turkeys, ease ahead of their direction of travel and begin yelping. From Wordnik.com. [Fall Turkey Tricks] Reference
The "yelping" of the robins, the "drone" of the katydids, the "eternal twitter" of the sparrows infuriated him. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of the Middle Border] Reference
So it's odd to hear this kind of yelping from those on the left; those whose idols have ever advocated the violent overthrow of our capitalistic system. From Wordnik.com. [The American Spectator] Reference
And I don't recall yelping it. From Wordnik.com. [Discussions: Message List - root] Reference
She left it yelping for her on the floor of the pen. From Wordnik.com. [The Panda] Reference
But presently they wearied of yelping at him and went away. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference
This was Ramos yelping, as if the clown could be hurt, after all. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
Now, for all the partisan yelping, it's too fat and happy to come apart. From Wordnik.com. [Far From The Madding Crowd] Reference
Then from a dozen sources, like the fierce yelping of the pack came the cry. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
The villages swarmed with children, squaws, painted warriors, and yelping dogs. From Wordnik.com. [Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858] Reference
And then I feel the thudding of footsteps and hear a shrill, insistent yelping. From Wordnik.com. [Once There Was a Way to Get Back Home] Reference
The yelping of hounds, and the hunting horn (including fox hunting), pages 300-304. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
His dogs were yelping with the rest of the pack, and not even his groom followed him. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference
Champney opened the door; the dog scurried out and sprang yelping for joy upon Aileen. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
Bands of horsemen came galloping in, yelping the short, coyote cries of the cattle lands. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
I could hear the yelping of one after another grow into the full-throated chorus of a pack. From Wordnik.com. [The La Chance Mine Mystery] Reference
By turns he whistled through his fingers, cracked a whip, and imitated the yelping of the hounds. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1] Reference
You park the stroller beside a bench and sweep up your yelping child, taking after the woman on foot. From Wordnik.com. [Everyday Zoology] Reference
He broke off abruptly as a sound of yelping dogs sounded from the wood, and stared into the darkness. From Wordnik.com. [A Mating in the Wilds] Reference
A jingle bell on the front door rings and then a maniacal yelping sinks its teeth into your new Nikes. From Wordnik.com. [Piercings] Reference
"Maybe he's singing for joy," suggested Nort as a louder series of yelping cries came from the cookhouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers in Death Valley or Diamond X and the Poison Mystery] Reference
On one occasion, as we dragged ourselves out of the water, two dogs came rushing at us and then followed, yelping. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland] Reference
Up rose the bristles, and pricked him so that he ran back to the house, howling and yelping as if he had been shot. From Wordnik.com. [The Nursery, January 1877, Volume XXI, No. 1 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers] Reference
Women frequently take part, especially if dogs are scarce, and they run through the brush yelping to imitate the dogs. From Wordnik.com. [Negritos of Zambales] Reference
We rushed into the village, through its lanes, kicking the yelping dogs aside, and stationed ourselves before the huts. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference
New York has an oversupply of feelings, not to mention a competitive, yelping media, and the ever-unhelpful Rudy Giuliani. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Collins: Obama Does New York No Favors] Reference
When the stream of men broke through the train and poured after, yelping like a pack of hounds, he urged his horse forward. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference
And through the crowd ran yelping more than one small lap-dog, trodden on by children, who cried out with merriment thereat. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
Nemo rushed, barking, after the flock, only to be butted ignominiously head over heels and to retreat, yelping, to the beach. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
The descent was, however, unfortunately made; a dog, evidently hurt, raised a frightful yelping, making the night additionally hideous. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
"Good-bye, Towser, old fellow!" cried Bandy-legs, mockingly, as the dog started full-tilt for the farmhouse, yelping dolefully as he ran. From Wordnik.com. [Chums of the Camp Fire] Reference
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