Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sharp, high-pitched bark; a yelp.
- intransitive verb To emit a yip; yelp.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A sharp, high-pitched bark.
- noun A self-fulfilling defeatist or fatalist mindset.
- verb To bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
- verb bark in a high-pitched tone
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The creature in which they have the greatest faith is the bun-yip, which is supposed to haunt rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water, and possesses remarkable powers.
The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent
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There was no contact and Edwards looks at the ball in the whole way, and I think you're supposed to look the ball into your hands, but there was a very slight, last second "yip" he makes with his head.
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Don't know what to do about the barking problem (when Yaqui and the neighbors get into too intense a conversation, she has to go to the back roof, where all she still finds the occasional wandering cat which is at least worth a yip).
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Nice one, top class, yip every trace leads back to Gordon Brown.
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SAGAL: You were training her little Corgies not to yip?
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Don't know what to do about the barking problem (when Yaqui and the neighbors get into too intense a conversation, she has to go to the back roof, where all she still finds the occasional wandering cat which is at least worth a yip).
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Prairie dogs, members of the squirrel family that yip and yap like dogs, are typically too aggressive to make good pets.
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Don't know what to do about the barking problem (when Yaqui and the neighbors get into too intense a conversation, she has to go to the back roof, where all she still finds the occasional wandering cat which is at least worth a yip).
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They remind me of a pack of feral, ankle-biter dogs led by the ones that yip the loudest.
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Don't know what to do about the barking problem (when Yaqui and the neighbors get into too intense a conversation, she has to go to the back roof, where all she still finds the occasional wandering cat which is at least worth a yip).
yarb commented on the word yip
I've heard of golfers having plural of these, but could anyone else have the yips? I'm an accountant: could I say "sorry for screwing up that balance sheet, boss, I just had the yips"?
And what about a single yip? Could John "Wild Thing" Daly fluff a simple putt due to a sudden yip? What would that look like?
October 13, 2007
reesetee commented on the word yip
Hmm. Not sure I want to know. But apparently, sled dogs have single yips. :-)
Hey, trivet has a list for the yips! Off I go....
October 13, 2007