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yip

[yip] / jɪp /




NOUN
yelp
Synonyms






VERB
yap
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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She sings “Ooh, ooh,” with a cowgirl yip, fully confident of an impending reunion.

From New York Times Oct. 7, 2022

Her mouth curled into a wide smile and she let out a little yip of delight: “They said his name!”

From Washington Post Jul. 28, 2022

Contrary to his reputation as a conservative fire-breather, he seemed more yip than bite.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2022

Some mornings, the shrill yip of elusive coyotes can still be heard on the horizon, impossible to place.

From Salon Nov. 25, 2021

I end on a firm yip, and Father pulls his snout back, a bit shocked, perhaps, at my defense of Teeth.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Dogs yipped playfully as they chased each other around the green expanse.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2023

In the distance, a pack of coyotes yipped and howled.

From Washington Post Sep. 29, 2022

When his turn came, he charged the ball down the slope, several feet too far, chased after it, and, almost before it had come to rest, yipped it a foot wide of the hole.

From Golf Digest Mar. 31, 2020

Later, in the middle of a rest, a man yipped.

From Washington Times Jan. 15, 2016

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

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Responding to a call, Susan Clark of Topanga Animal Rescue witnessed BB14 facing down yipping coyotes, with her cubs up a tree.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2025

Jack is a living, yipping, randomly peeing antidepressant.

From Washington Post Jul. 4, 2022

To support the medical community, Shelby-ites young and old unwind with unfettered howling and yipping - they’re Coyotes, after all - at 8 p.m. nightly.

From Washington Times Apr. 20, 2020

Maria Vallardes came to the door in slippered feet, a pomeranian yipping behind her.

From The Guardian Mar. 3, 2020

I was on a bench, trying to ignore the Daniels’ whooping and yipping, designed to catch the attention of a couple of girls.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman




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