yawps
Makes raucous sounds
Yawps are harsh, loud cries or yelps—rough vocalizations that lack refinement.
The word gained literary resonance from Walt Whitman's "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world," where it suggests an untamed, primal expression.
Someone who yawps speaks loudly and crudely: The drunk yawped complaints at the bartender.
Loud, deep cry
- roarLoud, deep animal cry
- howlProlonged mournful cry
- screechHigh, harsh cry
- squawkHarsh grating bird cry
shriek · holler · bark · whoop · cry · screaming · yelp · caterwaul
Savagely cruel, uncivilized
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- versesLines of poetry
- free versePoetry without fixed structure
- voiceSound from throat
Whitman · self-expression · proclamation · declaration · untamed · unfiltered · raw · defiant
Short, guttural sounds
- primalFirst in origin
- gutturalProduced in throat
- cavemanPrehistoric cave-dwelling human
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
ancestral · tribal · instinctual · elemental · raw · unrefined · crude · animalistic
bellow
Loud, deep cry
squawk · shriek · holler · bark · whoop · cry · screaming · yelp · caterwaul · ululate
barbaric
Savagely cruel, uncivilized
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- versesLines of poetry
- free versePoetry without fixed structure
Whitman · voice · self-expression · proclamation · declaration · untamed · unfiltered · raw · defiant · exuberant
grunts
Short, guttural sounds
prehistoric · ancestral · tribal · instinctual · elemental · raw · unrefined · crude · animalistic · feral
grumble
Low, discontented murmuring
moan · whine · carp · protest · object · fuss · mutter · bleat · grousing · griping