name
Meaning 1
A surname from Cantonese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
yip
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/jɪp/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɪp
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CMU ARPABET: Y IH1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
a sharp, high-pitched bark
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
to bark with a sharp, high-pitched voice
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yelp, yelping
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cry
verb
Meaning 5
bark in a high-pitched tone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the puppies yelped
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yelp, yap
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bark
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 葉 /叶 (jip6).
Possibly from dialectal yip (“to cheep like a bird”), from Middle English ȝyppe, probably imitative.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 犬叫 (quan jiao) — sound a small dog makes
- Dutch: kef — sound a small dog makes
- Finnish: vingahdus — sound a small dog makes
- German: Fiepen — sound a small dog makes
- German: Bellen — sound a small dog makes
- Russian: тяв-тяв (tjav-tjav) — sound a small dog makes
- Spanish: aullido — sound a small dog makes
- Spanish: quejido — sound a small dog makes
- Czech: ňafat — sound a small dog makes
- Dutch: keffen — sound a small dog makes
- Finnish: vingahtaa — sound a small dog makes
- German: bellen — sound a small dog makes
- German: fiepen — sound a small dog makes