Dictionary

yip en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /jɪp/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. 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. 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

Forms

Translations (8)

de Bellen (sound a small dog makes) · fi vingahdus (sound a small dog makes) · es quejido (sound a small dog makes) · es aullido (sound a small dog makes) · ru тяв-тяв (sound a small dog makes) · nl kef (sound a small dog makes) · de Fiepen (sound a small dog makes) · cmn 犬叫 (sound a small dog makes)

yip en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /jɪp/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

yipper

Translations (7)

fi vingahtaa (sound a small dog makes) · de bellen (sound a small dog makes) · ru тявкать (sound a small dog makes) · pl szczekać (shchekach) (sound a small dog makes) · nl keffen (sound a small dog makes) · de fiepen (sound a small dog makes) · cs ňafat (sound a small dog makes)