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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A sharp, high-pitched bark; a yelp.
  2. v. To emit a yip; yelp.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A sharp, high-pitched bark.
  2. n. A self-fulfilling defeatist or fatalist mindset.
  3. v. To bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
  2. v. bark in a high-pitched tone

Etymologies

  1. Perhaps Middle English yippe, a cheeping sound, from yippen, to cheep, of imitative origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • reesetee 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.... Oct 13, 2007

  • yarb 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? Oct 13, 2007

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