Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who boasts; a boaster.
  • noun One who or that which yelps.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Prov. Eng., Local, U. S., Local, U. S. The avocet; -- so called from its sharp, shrill cry.
  • noun Local, U. S. The tattler.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who yelps.
  • noun UK, dialect The avocet (so-called from its sharp, shrill cry).
  • noun US, dialect A bird, the tattler.

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yelp +‎ -er

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