yipping

verb (used without object)

to bark sharply, as a young dog.

noun

a sharp bark; yelp.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English yippe, perhaps alteration of yilpe yelp

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Word Origin & History

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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