yip

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English

Etymology

Possibly from dialectal yip (“to cheep like a bird”), from Middle English ȝyppe, probably imitative.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

yip (plural yips)

  1. 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

Verb

yip (third-person singular simple present yips, present participle yipping, simple past and past participle yipped)

  1. to bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice

Translations

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “yip”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ “yippen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Anagrams

Boghom

Noun

yip

  1. water

References

  • John D. Bengtson, In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory (2008, →ISBN

Kir-Balar

Noun

yip

  1. water

References

  • Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

Salar

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yip.

Noun

yip (3rd person possessive yipi, plural yipler)

  1. thread

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “yip”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká, Moscow, page 359
  • Dwyer, Arienne M. (2007) “yip”, in Salar: A Study in Inner Asian Language Contact Processes: Part I: Phonology‎, 1st edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 215
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “yip”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究, 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 278
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