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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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
Some mornings, the shrill yip of elusive coyotes can still be heard on the horizon, impossible to place.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2021
He pointed two fingers, and the dogs began to run around him in a perfect circle; a closed fist then directed them to rise to their hind legs and yip.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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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
But, boy, that voice could work a singlet, too: She learned to flex her soprano so that it bent, barked, yipped and squealed.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 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
When all the puppies were wagging his praises, Amaroq yipped, hit a high note, and crooned.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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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
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
Maria Vallardes came to the door in slippered feet, a pomeranian yipping behind her.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2020
Shivering and yipping with delight, it threw itself at him with a big wolf smile.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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