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yipe

intransitive verb
\ˈyīp\
-ed/-ing/-s

Definition of yipe 

(Entry 1 of 2)

: to cry out sharply especially from surprise or pain yiped when he touched the hot stove

yipe

noun
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plural -s

Definition 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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Intransitive verb

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