If a dog or other animal yips, it gives a sudden short cry, often because of fear or pain. Far up the west rim of the canyon, a coyote yipped twice. = yelp Yip is also a noun. a yip of pain. To emit a yip; yelp
A nervous disorder that afflicts golfers on the green An inability to take the putter back, coupled with twitchy hands and the complete absence of nerve, constitutes a case of the yips No golfer has ever permanently conquered this condition