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yip

[ yip ]

verb (used without object)

, yipped, yip·ping.
  1. to bark sharply, as a young dog.


noun

  1. a sharp bark; yelp.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yip1

1400–50; late Middle English yippe, perhaps alteration of yilpe yelp
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Example Sentences

When Lasso’s striker Dani Rojas faced the yips — suddenly unable to nail his usually flawless penalty kicks — a therapist was called in.

For some people, however, overcoming the twisties, yips or similar problems calls for a longer period of retraining, says Youdan.

Professional golfer Alena Sharp started getting “the yips” whenever she would try to putt.

Lyricist E. Y. “Yip” Harburg was as provocative as Hammerstein, though with a much less earnest, more whimsical sensibility.

Rosete was totally oblivious to the way on-screen fighting worked prior to studying with Yip.

A brindle bulldog, which Carl had not seen until that moment, gave a yip and started for the scene of the trouble.

Suddenly Mr. Gibney thrilled electrically to a shrill yip from Captain Scraggs.

The congested audience watched him closely, with now and then a yip, but mostly in silence.

Otherwise all six of them would go “Yip, yip, yip,” at the top of their voices.

Did one catch the exultant, shrill yip-yip-yip of the round-up or the far-carrying war yell of the Cheyenne buck?

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