Meaning

1 senses

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

    bellen, fiepen

    тявкатьtjavkatʹ

    bark in a high-pitched tone

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The fox let out a yip in the night.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
sound a small dog makes:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sound a small dog makes:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

yips, yipping, yipped, yipped
Base formyip · to yip
3rd person singularyips
Present participleyipping
Past simpleyipped
Past participleyipped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyyip
he, she, ityips

Past simpleLesson

all personsyipped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave yipped
he, she, ithas yipped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill yip

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • bark in a high-pitched tone:yelpyap

Word family

1 related words
Derivedyipper

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
yieldB2yikesyinyippeeyogaB1yogi
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