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 Thomas Wallace Knox 1865
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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.
thejetsblog.com 2010
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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).
An old problem... 2009
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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).
An old problem... 2009
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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.
Search to Find New Digs for Prairie Dogs Slows Stephanie Simon 2011
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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).
An old problem... 2009
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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).
An old problem... 2009
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