dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/yau_MW.json

{
  "yaup":{
    "antonyms":[
      "crow",
      "delight",
      "rejoice"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a raucous noise : squawk":[],
      ": clamor , complain":[],
      ": to make a raucous noise : squawk":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "stop yawping about your problems and try doing something to fix them",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Credit to the singer for expanding outside her usual vocal range, though, deploying an Imogen Heap\u2013style yawp on this one. \u2014 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. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 19 Mar. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Sometimes, even the most sophisticated of orchestras just needs to belt out a good barbaric yawp . \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "The book reads like a version of Whitman\u2019s barbaric yawp . \u2014 Marisha Pessl, New York Times , 6 June 2018",
      "But while the establishment has uttered a shaky (likely short-lived) sigh of relief, patriot-for-hire Steve Bannon\u2019s valedictory yawp is reverberating across Europe. \u2014 Isobel Thompson, The Hive , 1 June 2018",
      "Of course, for Hunter, that barbaric yawp came with a heavy cost. \u2014 Corey Seymour, Vogue , 15 May 2018",
      "The bar begins to fall back to his chest, and the spotter grabs it just as Vea lets out a final barbaric yawp . \u2014 Jonathan Jones, SI.com , 8 Mar. 2018",
      "His face is contorted into a deranged smirk, his eyebrows raised and his teeth bared, as if fixing around that shrill yawp of the rebel yell. \u2014 Connor Towne O'neill, Daily Intelligencer , 16 Sep. 2017",
      "His hearing aids emit occasional yawps of feedback. \u2014 John Leland, New York Times , 19 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English yolpen":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8y\u022fp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "beef",
      "bellyache",
      "bitch",
      "bleat",
      "carp",
      "caterwaul",
      "complain",
      "crab",
      "croak",
      "fuss",
      "gripe",
      "grizzle",
      "grouch",
      "grouse",
      "growl",
      "grumble",
      "grump",
      "holler",
      "inveigh",
      "keen",
      "kick",
      "kvetch",
      "maunder",
      "moan",
      "murmur",
      "mutter",
      "nag",
      "repine",
      "scream",
      "squawk",
      "squeal",
      "wail",
      "whimper",
      "whine",
      "whinge",
      "yammer",
      "yowl"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013843",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "yauping":{
    "antonyms":[
      "crow",
      "delight",
      "rejoice"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a raucous noise : squawk":[],
      ": clamor , complain":[],
      ": to make a raucous noise : squawk":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "stop yawping about your problems and try doing something to fix them",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Credit to the singer for expanding outside her usual vocal range, though, deploying an Imogen Heap\u2013style yawp on this one. \u2014 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. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 19 Mar. 2017",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Sometimes, even the most sophisticated of orchestras just needs to belt out a good barbaric yawp . \u2014 Zachary Lewis, cleveland , 20 Oct. 2021",
      "The book reads like a version of Whitman\u2019s barbaric yawp . \u2014 Marisha Pessl, New York Times , 6 June 2018",
      "But while the establishment has uttered a shaky (likely short-lived) sigh of relief, patriot-for-hire Steve Bannon\u2019s valedictory yawp is reverberating across Europe. \u2014 Isobel Thompson, The Hive , 1 June 2018",
      "Of course, for Hunter, that barbaric yawp came with a heavy cost. \u2014 Corey Seymour, Vogue , 15 May 2018",
      "The bar begins to fall back to his chest, and the spotter grabs it just as Vea lets out a final barbaric yawp . \u2014 Jonathan Jones, SI.com , 8 Mar. 2018",
      "His face is contorted into a deranged smirk, his eyebrows raised and his teeth bared, as if fixing around that shrill yawp of the rebel yell. \u2014 Connor Towne O'neill, Daily Intelligencer , 16 Sep. 2017",
      "His hearing aids emit occasional yawps of feedback. \u2014 John Leland, New York Times , 19 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English yolpen":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8y\u022fp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "beef",
      "bellyache",
      "bitch",
      "bleat",
      "carp",
      "caterwaul",
      "complain",
      "crab",
      "croak",
      "fuss",
      "gripe",
      "grizzle",
      "grouch",
      "grouse",
      "growl",
      "grumble",
      "grump",
      "holler",
      "inveigh",
      "keen",
      "kick",
      "kvetch",
      "maunder",
      "moan",
      "murmur",
      "mutter",
      "nag",
      "repine",
      "scream",
      "squawk",
      "squeal",
      "wail",
      "whimper",
      "whine",
      "whinge",
      "yammer",
      "yowl"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075133",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  }
}