yip
/jɪp/
yip noun: a sharp, high-pitched bark.
Noun
yip (plural yips)
- 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...1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
Verb
yip (third-person singular simple present yips, present participle yipping, simple past and past participle yipped)
- To bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice.
Proper noun capitalized: Yip
Yip (plural Yips)
- A surname from Cantonese.
yip meaning in Urdu
yip in Urdu
- بھونکنا
Forms of yip
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | yips |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | yips |
| present participle | yipping |
| past participle | yipped |
| past | yipped |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Yips |
Origin of yip
Possibly from dialectal yip (“to cheep like a bird”), from Middle English ȝyppe, probably imitative.
Borrowed from Cantonese 葉 /叶 (jip6).
Words formed from yip
Words that rhyme with yip
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Questions about yip
- What does yip mean?
- Yip means a sharp, high-pitched bark.
- What is yip in Urdu?
- Yip in Urdu is بھونکنا. See Yip meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is yip?
- Yip can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce yip?
- Yip is pronounced /jɪp/.
- What is the plural of yip?
- The plural of yip is yips.
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