yip

[ yip ]

/ yɪp /

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to bark sharply, as a young dog.

a sharp bark; yelp.

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1400–50; late Middle English yippe, perhaps alteration of yilpeyelp

Lyricist E. Y. “Yip” Harburg was as provocative as Hammerstein, though with a much less earnest, more whimsical sensibility.
When Broadway Musicals Were Dark And Subversive|Laurence Maslon|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rosete was totally oblivious to the way on-screen fighting worked prior to studying with Yip.
Fake It Like Batman: Welcome to The Real Fight Club|Anna Brand|December 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A brindle bulldog, which Carl had not seen until that moment, gave a yip and started for the scene of the trouble.
Motor Matt's Peril, or, Cast Away in the Bahamas|Stanley R. Matthews
Suddenly Mr. Gibney thrilled electrically to a shrill yip from Captain Scraggs.
Captain Scraggs|Peter B. Kyne

The congested audience watched him closely, with now and then a yip, but mostly in silence.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills
Otherwise all six of them would go “Yip, yip, yip,” at the top of their voices.
Wild Folk|Samuel Scoville
Did one catch the exultant, shrill yip-yip-yip of the round-up or the far-carrying war yell of the Cheyenne buck?
The Glory of The Coming|Irvin S. Cobb