yip
to bark sharply, as a young dog.
a sharp bark; yelp.
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How to use yip in a sentence
Lyricist E. Y. “yip” Harburg was as provocative as Hammerstein, though with a much less earnest, more whimsical sensibility.
When Broadway Musicals Were Dark And Subversive | Laurence Maslon | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRosete was totally oblivious to the way on-screen fighting worked prior to studying with yip.
Fake It Like Batman: Welcome to The Real Fight Club | Anna Brand | December 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA brindle bulldog, which Carl had not seen until that moment, gave a yip and started for the scene of the trouble.
Motor Matt's Peril, or, Cast Away in the Bahamas | Stanley R. MatthewsSuddenly Mr. Gibney thrilled electrically to a shrill yip from Captain Scraggs.
Captain Scraggs | Peter B. KyneThe congested audience watched him closely, with now and then a yip, but mostly in silence.
Watched by Wild Animals | Enos A. Mills
Otherwise all six of them would go “yip, yip, yip,” at the top of their voices.
Wild Folk | Samuel ScovilleDid 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
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