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Synonyms for yip


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : yip
Phonetic Transcription : yɪp

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Définition of yip

Origin :
  • 1903, possibly from dialectal yip "to cheep like a bird" (early 19c.), from Middle English yippen (mid-15c.), of imitative origin.
  • As in bark : noun animal yelp
  • As in yell : noun loud communication
  • As in yelp : noun short, high cry
  • As in yowl : noun long, loud animate sound
  • As in ululation : noun howl
  • As in howl : noun long, painful cry
  • As in scream : verb cry out
  • As in bark : verb yelp
  • As in squeal : verb yell in a loud and high-pitched manner
  • As in yap : verb bark
  • As in ululate : verb howl
Example sentences :
  • Clear and gay above the yelling of Bolsheviki and the “Yip––yip!”
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
  • I'll bet my shirt that we don't hear a yip out of them before we touch 'em off.
  • Extract from : « Skylark Three » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • It'll take us about two minutes to clean you out, an' we'll do it, if you so much as yip again.
  • Extract from : « Down the Slope » by James Otis
  • "Nary move nor yip," he whispered confidentially into the night.
  • Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm
  • If I say that I'm going to the Clubhouse, she never raises a yip.
  • Extract from : « Angel Island » by Inez Haynes Gillmore
  • Otherwise all six of them would go “Yip, yip, yip,” at the top of their voices.
  • Extract from : « Wild Folk » by Samuel Scoville
  • And yet not a yip out of him––not a cranky word to one of the gang all night.
  • Extract from : « The Seiners » by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
  • Here in the Yip Country he had become the most important creature of them all and his importance was getting to be a little tame.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Princess of Oz » by L. Frank Baum
  • That there existed in Oz—in the Yip Country—a jeweled dishpan made of gold, which dishpan possessed marvelous powers of magic.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Princess of Oz » by L. Frank Baum
  • I didn't hear him yip; but reckon you'll know all about it after goin' over to Ninety-four's house.
  • Extract from : « An Amateur Fireman » by James Otis

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