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
If one were to measure the level of public outcry surrounding this situation, it's more of a yip than a roar, bound to die down once the show debuts.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2021
“The new humans helped me, too,” I yip, “and they brought me back here. Teeth,” I say, lowering my chest so I can look him in his eyes, “did you find my family?”
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
In the distance, a pack of coyotes yipped and howled.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2022
Ausband was gone, but Roady yipped from inside the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
Not only did he miss the three-footer, which anyone could do, but he yipped it, and that was the beginning of the end.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 31, 2020
Later, in the middle of a rest, a man yipped.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 15, 2016
Mayor yipped and jumped as more people bent to the ground.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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
After that he cried, a thin mournful yipping sound he had not made since he was a puppy.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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