1 in sports, especially golf, a condition when a player is not able to hit, throw, or kick the ball well, usually because of nervousness: --
He gave up competitive golf after developing a serious case of the yips on his putting.
"People have the yips about a conservative owning a newspaper in a liberal town," she said.
2 If an animal such as a dog yips, it makes a short, sharp cry: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
We kunnen het stap voor stap voltooien, hoe lang de weg ook is en het kan niet worden voltooid, hoe kort de weg ook is, als je niet eens je voetafdruk markeert.