yip

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verb (used without object),yipped, yip·ping.
  1. to bark sharply, as a young dog.

noun
  1. a sharp bark; yelp.

Origin of yip

1
1400–50; late Middle English yippe, perhaps alteration of yilpeyelp

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How to use yip in a sentence

  • Otherwise all six of them would go “yip, yip, yip,” at the top of their voices.

    Wild Folk | Samuel Scoville
  • Did one catch the exultant, shrill yip-yip-yip of the round-up or the far-carrying war yell of the Cheyenne buck?

    The Glory of The Coming | Irvin S. Cobb