yip

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A sharp, high-pitched bark
To bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice
A self-fulfilling defeatist or fatalist mindset
bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped"
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
{i} bark
yips
plural form of yip
yips
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yip
yips
A nervous condition which prevents a sportsman from playing properly; especially a condition which causes a golfer to miss an easy putt
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Nervous disorder that can destroy the ability to putt, turning the stroke into a twitch or a jerk
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nervous twitching in the putting stroke resulting in poor accuracy and a lack of touch
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nervous twitching in the putting stroke resulting in poor accuracy and a lack of touch Example: Fortunately, not many people experience the yips
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To miss simple putts because of nerves
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nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts); "to avoid the yips he changed his style of putting"
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Nervousness or tension that causes an athlete to fail to perform effectively, especially in missing short putts in golf
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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
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A condition where the player is so anxious about his putting that he can't swing his putter back, and the stroke becomes a jerky jab at the ball
yips
A condition where the played is so anxious about his putting that he can't swing his putter back, and the stroke becomes a jerky jab at the ball
yips
nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts); "to avoid the yips he changed his style of putting
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