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yip

UK/jɪp/ US/ˈjɪp/ uncommon

verb

1.

bark in a high-pitched tone

  • “the puppies yelped”
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Origin

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

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