Betydelse av yip på svenska

• 0 a short, sharp cry:

  • Prairie dog chatter is described by observers as a series of yips, or high-pitched barks.

• 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:

  • The dogs yipped at each other from their crates in the back of the van.

  • A pack of coyotes is heard yipping at night.