yip
pronunciation
How to pronounce yip in British English:
UK [jɪp]
How to pronounce yip in American English:
US [jɪp]
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- Verb:
- bark in a high-pitched tone
Word Origin
- yip (v.)
- 1891, possibly from dialectal yip "to cheep like a bird" (early 19c.), from Middle English yippen (mid-15c.), of imitative origin. As a noun from 1896.
Example
- 1. Judge eddie yip said he might impose jail terms .
- 2. Asked yip ngai-ming , a professor of housing policy at the city university of hong kong .
- 3. Mr yip said top-down analysis should take precedence in greater china .
- 4. The dogs began to yip and howl , but tonight they kept their places .
- 5. Mr yip says the government , whose approval rating has been sliding , wants to reduce discontent over its housing policy as property prices surge .