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Noun
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Throughout the flight, excited reactions and yelps could be heard from the crew over the live stream's audio feed.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Apr. 2025 -
But their magnum opus was 1978’s Dub Housing, where Thomas shows off his collection of animal noises, grunts, yelps, and screeches, up to his neck in industrial synth-and-guitar factory noise.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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TikTok and Instagram Reels are rife with clips of two women sitting in a pink or beige studio and, in TikTok terms, having a yap about seemingly inconsequential matters.—
Kyndall Cunningham,
Vox,
10 Apr. 2025
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Foxes use a variety of calls, including barks, howls, yaps, and growls.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2025
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Vaughn points out a telltale sign of tree damage: The bark is coming off.—
Nicole Sours Larson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 May 2025
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For thousands of years, the native people of the Andes have made the inner bark of trumpet trees into a medicinal tea that is useful in fighting infections, shrinking tumors, numbing aches and pains, and strengthening the autoimmune system in general.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
10 May 2025
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With 80-plus looks and a Lana Del Rey soundtrack, the rest of the show was the cat’s meow.—
Rhonda Richford,
WWD,
9 Mar. 2025
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The video, liked 7.3 million times, first shows ginger cat Boo, sitting on the floor and letting out a meow—then pans to Motnik, who perfectly mimics the sound on the guitar.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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In the video, Shona—a Rhodesian ridgeback—sits in the back seat, letting out an intense yowl and staring fixedly out the window at something her owner couldn't see.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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Yes, that would be Post Malone, who convincingly simulated Kurt Cobain’s phlegmy yowls, rocking the mic as Dave Grohl, Pat Smear and Krist Novoselic thrashed and crashed around him.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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From its facial expressions to its distinctive chirp, the creature is wreathed in a kind of nostalgia that Eighties kids will remember from those early days trolling the VHS rack at their local Blockbuster.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
26 Apr. 2025
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Obviously, Marchand wasn’t going to let Rodrigues’ chirp go unanswered.—
Tim Reynolds,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2025
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And studies have shown that mice carrying human FOXP2 genes also make strange squeaks.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Juliana is one of those people who express positive emotions with a high-pitched squeak.—
Ali Barthwell,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2025
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But their magnum opus was 1978’s Dub Housing, where Thomas shows off his collection of animal noises, grunts, yelps, and screeches, up to his neck in industrial synth-and-guitar factory noise.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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His grandson toddled over, climbed into his lap, accepted a kiss with a screech of delight, and scooted off again.—
Ben Ehrenreich,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Yip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yip. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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