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yip

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[yip] / yɪp /

verb (used without object)

yipped, yipping

  1. to bark sharply, as a young dog.

noun

  1. a sharp bark; yelp.

Etymology

Origin of yip

1400–50; late Middle English yippe, perhaps alteration of yilpe yelp

Example Sentences

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Clare yipped as another cottonmouth came in for a closer look and took a blow that sent it flying.

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The cub bounded after him, then yipped at him to stop.

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The whine turned into more of an excited yip, and I realized where the sound had come from.

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But when she started putting that iodine on me, I yipped and hopped all over the place.

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With an excited yip, he scrambled over the lip of the washbasin and leaped to the ground, bubbles everywhere.

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