yip
See also: Yip
English edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from dialectal yip (“to cheep like a bird”), from Middle English ȝyppe, probably imitative.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yip (plural yips)
- a sharp, high-pitched bark
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- 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.
Translations edit
sound a small dog makes
Verb edit
yip (third-person singular simple present yips, present participle yipping, simple past and past participle yipped)
- to bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice
Translations edit
sound a small dog makes
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “yip”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ “yippen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Anagrams edit
Boghom edit
Noun edit
yip
References edit
- John D. Bengtson, In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory (2008, →ISBN
Kir-Balar edit
Noun edit
yip
References edit
- Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38
Salar edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *yip.
Noun edit
yip (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])
References edit
Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “yip”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow