sb. and int. Also youp. A word expressing the sound made by convulsive sobbing; also as an exclamation.
1848. Thackeray, Van. Fair, i. The hysterical yoops of Miss Swartz. Ibid. (1854), Rose & Ring, xix. Mrs. Jenkins, giving a dreadful youp, fell down in a fit.
1865. Dickens, Mut. Fr., III. vii. ‘Yoop!’ cried Wegg. ‘You’re there, are you?’
