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Quotation dates: 1911
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YOUP, n., v.1 Also yoop. [j(ʌ)up]
I. n. 1. A scream (Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems Gl. 41); a howling, wailing, like a dog (Ork. 1974); a querulous complaining or fretting (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 214).Ork. 1911 Old-Lore Misc. IV. ii. 73:
Ye're settan ap a youp like a dog.
2. A cough, coughing (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 214).
II. v. 1. To make a loud wailing or sobbing (Ork. 1929 Marw., yoopan an' greetan); to bemoan, fret, complain (Gregor). Vbl.n. youppan.
2. To bark, of a dog (Gregor).
[The meanings may be independent developments of imit. orig. Eng. has yoop as an int. Cf. Yap, v.1, n.1, Yowt]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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