yip
/jɪp/noun, verb
yip is spelled Y-I-P: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yip means “A sharp, high-pitched bark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yip is yips.
How many letters and syllables are in yip?
| Letters | 3: Y-I-P |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,176th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is yip?
Yip appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce yip?
- /jɪp/
Yip has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-yip.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of yip
- yips plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- yipping participle, present
- yipped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yip mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A sharp, high-pitched bark.
verb
- 1
To bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Yip in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sound a small dog makes:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does yip come from?
Possibly from dialectal yip (“to cheep like a bird”), from Middle English ȝyppe, probably imitative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).