▪ I. youp, yowp, int., n., and v.
Variant of yawp.
| 1808 Jamieson, Youp, a scream. 1855 Robinson Whitby Gloss., To Yowp or Yope, to yelp. 1856 Olmsted Slave States 63 They [sc. hounds] contented themselves with dolefully youping as long as we continued in sight. 1881 Jefferies Wood Magic I. ii. 22 ‘Yowp, yow; wow-wow!’ The yelling of Pan woke Bevis. |
▪ II. youp
variant of yoop.