yelping
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈjɛlpɪŋ/
Verb
  1. present participle of yelp#English|yelp
Noun

yelping (plural yelpings)

  1. The act of producing a yelp.
    • 1969, Louis Johnson, “The Way to Train a Dog” (poem), reprinted in Louis Johnson (poet), Terry Sturm (editor), Selected Poems, Victoria University Press (2000), ISBN 978-0-86473-350-4, page 101 ↗:
      […] While still a pup, / You put him in a sack, then beat it / With a stick. When howls and yelpings die, / You send the houseboi out to set him free.
    the frenzied yelpings of the huntsman's dogs



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