yawp

variants or yaup

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Recent Examples of yawp After Glazer’s film cuts to black at the end, the music reemerges in a nightmarish march of yawping voices. Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023 Credit to the singer for expanding outside her usual vocal range, though, deploying an Imogen Heap–style yawp on this one. Nate Jones, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2021 And, finally, the restatement of the American Dream for a new century, just the way Walt Whitman yawped it in the streets of Manhattan. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 19 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yawp
Verb
  • Pundits complained last year’s Cannes was a light affair, but that had to do with the bottleneck created by the strikes, for one.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The new plan arrives after many existing Claude subscribers complained of hitting rate limits frequently.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Yet no other sweet treat screams Easter like PEEPS® candy does.
    Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Hernández screams again while wearing a shiny blue jumpsuit similar to one Benson Boone donned for the Grammys.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Ramirez said the detectives had found belongings near the storm drain entrance and heard what sounded like a woman moaning from inside the storm drain.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Others had their heads and arms bandaged and were lined up on stretchers, moaning.
    Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Yawp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yawp. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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