yelp

An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.

The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail.

A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.

To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.

The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water.

I followed it as well as I could, I who have so often boasted of my memory now sniffing along for what seemed a league at least like a brachet and ready almost to yelp for joy at the thought of a place I knew, after so much emptiness, silence, and blackness.