yipe
Definition of yipe
-ed/-ing/-s
: to cry out sharply especially from surprise or pain yiped when he touched the hot stove
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Origin and Etymology of yipe
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yipe
Definition of yipe
-s
: 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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