yip
verb
- to utter a sharp cry or yelp (of a dog or human)
noun
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /jɪp/
name
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 葉 /叶 (jip6).
- A surname from Cantonese.
noun
Etymology: Possibly from dialectal yip (“to cheep like a bird”), from Middle English ȝyppe, probably imitative.
- 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 two ploughed fields and a spinney.”
verb
Etymology: Possibly from dialectal yip (“to cheep like a bird”), from Middle English ȝyppe, probably imitative.
- to bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice