yelper

noun — 4 senses

nounalso spelled Yelper

Etymology From Middle English yelpere; equivalent to yelp + -er. The avocet is so called from its sharp, shrill cry.

One who yelps.

Mr. Longstreth, who can be a bit of a yelper, sang sweetly, perhaps in search of contrast.2009 July 21, Nate Chinen, “Vocals That Deliver a Jolt, as ‘Ooh’ Morphs Into ‘Eh’”, in New York Times:

UK, Dialectal The avocet.

US, Dialectal A bird, the tattler.

Yelper

noun

Internet A user of Yelp, an Internet service that publishes crowdsourced reviews of local businesses.

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