yoop
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Imitative.
Noun
[edit]yoop (plural yoops)
- (rare) A sobbing sound.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair:
- All the servants were there in the hall — all the dear friends — all the young ladies — the dancing-master who had just arrived; and there was such a scuffling, and hugging, and kissing, and crying, with the hysterical yoops of Miss Swartz […]
- 1998, Mignon Good Eberhart, The Mystery of Hunting's End, page 119:
- And Terice shrieked again and Helene gave a hysterical yoop. "Stop that!" ordered O'Leary sharply. As Terice, her mouth still open, stared at him and Helene nearly strangled on a sob, he added: "See here, we are in a rather terrible situation. […]