yip
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/jɪp/
Definition of yip
3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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a sharp, high-pitched bark
“I've never hunted myself, but I understand that half the battle is being able to make noises like some jungle animal with dyspepsia, and I believe that Aunt Dahlia in her prime could lift fellow-members of the Quorn and Pytchley out of their saddles with a single yip, though separated from them by two ploughed fields and a spinney.”
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noun
-
a sharp, high-pitched bark
“I've never hunted myself, but I understand that half the battle is being able to make noises like some jungle animal with dyspepsia, and I believe that Aunt Dahlia in her prime could lift fellow-members of the Quorn and Pytchley out of their saddles with a single yip, though separated from them by two ploughed fields and a spinney.”
verb
- to bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice
name
- A surname from Cantonese.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Possibly from dialectal yip (“to cheep like a bird”), from Middle English ȝyppe, probably imitative.
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