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yip
[yip] 
,verb, yipped, yip⋅ping, noun –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to bark sharply, as a young dog. |
–noun
| 2. | a sharp bark; yelp. |
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| yip (yĭp) n. A sharp, high-pitched bark; a yelp. intr.v. yipped, yip·ping, yips To emit a yip; yelp. [Perhaps Middle English yippe, a cheeping sound, from yippen, to cheep, of imitative origin.] |
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yip
1903, possibly from dial. yip "to cheep like a bird" (early 19c.), from M.E. yippen (1440), of imitative origin.
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