yoop, n. and int.
(juːp)
Also youp.
A word expressing the sound made by convulsive sobbing; also as an exclamation.
| 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair i, The hysterical yoops of Miss Swartz. 1854 ― Rose & Ring xix, Mrs. Jenkins, giving a dreadful youp, fell down in a fit. 1865 Dickens Mut. Fr. iii. vii, ‘Yoop!’ cried Wegg. ‘You're there, are you?’ |