yip
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of yip
1400–50; late Middle English yippe, perhaps alteration of yilpe yelp
Example Sentences
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She sings “Ooh, ooh,” with a cowgirl yip, fully confident of an impending reunion.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
Her mouth curled into a wide smile and she let out a little yip of delight: “They said his name!”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022
Contrary to his reputation as a conservative fire-breather, he seemed more yip than bite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
Then there’s a slight delay and the hint of a yip from Zverev with a double fault as he goes for it on his second serve.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2022
That sets off a huge growl and even a little yip from my girl.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Dogs yipped playfully as they chased each other around the green expanse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2023
In the distance, a pack of coyotes yipped and howled.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2022
When his turn came, he charged the ball down the slope, several feet too far, chased after it, and, almost before it had come to rest, yipped it a foot wide of the hole.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 31, 2020
A fluffy Pomeranian he named Gucci and is raising with his girlfriend and manager, Lauren Ledford, yipped at his feet.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2016
His feet were flipping and he yipped as if challenging some wolf badman in his dreams.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
Responding to a call, Susan Clark of Topanga Animal Rescue witnessed BB14 facing down yipping coyotes, with her cubs up a tree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Jack is a living, yipping, randomly peeing antidepressant.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2022
One leads to her office and staff work spaces and the other to her yipping Chihuahua and the living areas.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
To support the medical community, Shelby-ites young and old unwind with unfettered howling and yipping - they’re Coyotes, after all - at 8 p.m. nightly.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2020
Noises boomed unnaturally loud: the gurgle of the river, the hoo-hoo of an owl; the famished yipping of that infuriating cub.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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