\Yelp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Yelped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Yelping}.] [OE. yelpen, [yogh]elpen, to boast, boast
noisily, AS. gielpan, gilpan, gylpan; akin to OHG. gelph
arrogant: cf. Icel. gj[=a]lpa to yelp. Cf. {Yap}.]
1. To boast. [Obs.]
         I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe. --Chaucer.
2. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly
   with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.
         A little herd of England's timorous deer, Mazed with
         a yelping kennel of French curs?      --Shak.
         At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he
         would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation.
                                               --W. Irving.

\Yelp\, n.
A sharp, quick cry; a bark. --Chaucer.