yaup Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb emit long loud cries
    wail; roar; yawl; howl; ululate.
    • wail in self-pity
    • howl with sorrow

WordNet

Yaup intransitive verb
Etymology
See Yap, and Yelp.
Definitions
  1. To cry out like a child; to yelp. Scot. & Colloq. U. S. Written also yawp.
Yaup noun
Etymology
Written also yawp.
Definitions
  1. A cry of distress, rage, or the like, as the cry of a sickly bird, or of a child in pain. Scot. & Colloq. U. S.
  2. (Zoöl.) The blue titmouse. Prov. Eng.

Webster 1913