Meaning & use
yawp
A loud, harsh, or raucous cry or shout.
See it in a sentence
He let out a wild yawp as the roller coaster plunged downward.
The poet's barbaric yawp echoed across the empty rooftops of the city.
A note on using this word
Yawp is a literary and somewhat archaic word, famously used by Walt Whitman to describe an untamed cry of self-expression.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To utter a loud, harsh, or raucous cry.
The gulls yawped overhead as the fishing boats returned to the harbor.
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