int., sb., and v. Variant of YAWP.
1808. Jamieson, Youp, a scream.
1855. Robinson, Whitby Gloss., To Yowp or Yope, to yelp.
1856. Olmsted, Slave States, 63. They [sc. hounds] contented themselves with dolefully youping as long as we continued in sight.
1881. Jefferies, Wood Magic, I. ii. 22. Yowp, yow; wow-wow! The yelling of Pan woke Bevis.