yipnoun
/jɪp//jɪp/yip noun (SOUND)
[ C ] a short, sharp cry:
Prairie dog chatter is described by observers as a series of yips, or high-pitched barks.
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- For almost 40 years, he has been hearing and recording the sounds of nature, quiet moments interrupted only by grunts of sea lions, yips of coyotes and rumbling of glaciers.
- It sounded like a food fight in a dolphinarium - full of yips and yodels and wild splashing.
- He gave a yip of dismay.
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Shouting & screaming
- barracking
- bawl
- be in full cry idiom
- bellow
- burst
- burst out
- call (sth) out
- cry out
- howl
- hurl
- roar
- scream your head off idiom
- scream/shout blue murder idiom
- screech
- shout
- shouting
- shriek
- squawk
- squee
- thunder
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Animal (non-human) sounds
yip noun (NERVOUSNESS)
the yips [ plural ]
in sports, especially golf, a condition when a player is not able to hit, throw, or kick the ball well, usually because of nervousness:
He gave up competitive golf after developing a serious case of the yips on his putting.
a state of nervousness:
"People have the yips about a conservative owning a newspaper in a liberal town," she said.
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- You see quite a few guys get the yips, not only in the golf swing but a ton of guys with putting and chipping.
- In the latest study researchers recruited 25 golfers, who complained of the yips and studied them making dozens of putts of varying lengths, measuring the electrical activity in their muscles.
- The conscious mind is often a drag on many activities. Too much thinking can give a golfer the yips.
- When they had forged nine points ahead of Liverpool after 29 games, it looked all over. But then Leeds started to get the yips and Liverpool steadily closed the gap.
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General terms used in ball sports
- aggregate score
- assist
- attack
- back pass
- bobble
- center circle
- chip
- goalless
- holding
- layoff
- long ball
- man on! idiom
- man-to-man defense
- man-to-man marking
- onside
- set piece
- shoot
- sidespin
- unplayable
- wrong-foot
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Anxiety and worry - general words
yipverb [ I ]
/jɪp//jɪp/If an animal such as a dog yips, it makes a short, sharp cry:
The dogs yipped at each other from their crates in the back of the van.
A pack of coyotes is heard yipping at night.
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Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bark
- bellow
- birdsong
- caterwaul
- caw
- cluck
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- coo
- growl
- hiss
- howling
- oink
- peep
- snarl
- squee
- whimper
- whine
- yelp
- yowl
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