yipe
intransitive verbDefinition of yipe
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to cry out sharply especially from surprise or pain yiped when he touched the hot stove
yipe
nounDefinition of yipe (Entry 2 of 2)
: a noise made by or as if by yiping the sudden yipe of a mongrel hurt— Wallace Stegner —used interjectionally in both singular and plural
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