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WHAUP, n.4 A shrill noise, a yelp, screech, an outcry.Cai. 1869 M. McLennan Peasant Life I. 311:
If you don't make a whaup aboot it, we'll not be rash.Kcb. 1897 A. J. Armstrong R. Rankine 43:
A loud sherp whaup o' a bark frae the wee terrier.Cai. 1902 J. Horne Canny Countryside 229:
Ye didna hear 'e whap o' a skorrie [seagull] fae one week's end till e' ither.
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