yelper
See also: Yelper
English
Etymology
From Middle English yelpere; equivalent to yelp + -er.
Noun
yelper (plural yelpers)
- One who yelps.
- 2009 July 21, Nate Chinen, “Vocals That Deliver a Jolt, as ‘Ooh’ Morphs Into ‘Eh’”, in New York Times:
- Mr. Longstreth, who can be a bit of a yelper, sang sweetly, perhaps in search of contrast.
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- (Britain, dialectal) The avocet (so-called from its sharp, shrill cry).
- (US, dialectal) A bird, the tattler.