yipe
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of yipe
Perhaps variant of yap
Example Sentences
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Lines of dialogue by Max the dog in original special: “Yipe!” and “Raaahhh!”
From Washington Post
In his mouth, "Well!" could express a thesaurus of repartee; a Benny "Yipe!" could wring laughter from a stone.
From Time Magazine Archive
The villain smirked disdainfully and went right on barking, but in a minute�yipe!
From Time Magazine Archive
As he spoke, Mike's finger moved nearer a knob-headed bolt that seemed to be one of the two holding the glass device to its mounting board, and an inch and a half spark spat forth and interrupted the dissertation with a loud "Yipe!"
From Project Gutenberg
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