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Recent Examples of yip
The parrot responded by barking, a real yip like a small dog.
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New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yip
Noun
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The yelps and chatter of a nursery school recess clattered down from a small hill overlooking the scene.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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They are pinched into a bright, almost surgical nasality or burst loose into grand, sideways arcs, flaring out in a feral yelp.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
21 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Foxes use a variety of calls, including barks, howls, yaps, and growls.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
1 Dec. 2025
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But Wednesday down in Dove Valley felt like a level of intensity these Broncos hadn’t reached all offseason, emotions and bellows and yaps hinging on nearly every rep during team work.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
31 July 2025
Noun
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There was no growl, no warning bark.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
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And finally, Dayne’s Craft Barbecue (west of Fort Worth in Aledo) is also noted in the Top 50 BBQ list for their black bark brisket and brisket trimmings burger.—
Ella Gonzales
March 23,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Junior Heifers One building was filled with the almost deafening hum of high-power hair dryers and the occasional moo.—
Chris Torres,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Jan. 2026
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How moo moo came to be be The Facebook group and the resulting moo moo movement began with a conversation between Huckins and a friend, according to both women.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The cafe will also offer special happy meow-er drink prices.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
16 Mar. 2026
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Popham said June, now estimated to be 12 years old, recognized her immediately and made a familiar meow at her.—
Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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On the floor, hundreds of people convulse to Blanco Teta’s ravenous yowls and monster-truck basslines off their July album La debacle de las divas.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
18 Feb. 2026
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Now fans can get a closer look at the man behind the pitch-perfect yowl, the pencil mustache and the flawless pompadour.—
Theater Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In response to howls of protest, the commission has agreed to a 180-day moratorium on severing the ties with PBS.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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Trump’s media-bashing, often a dull roar in the background, is an unusually loud howl right now.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The natural world is a cacophony of squawks, screeches, coos, chirps, whinnies, grunts, growls, and more.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
19 Mar. 2026
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The pair began to exchange words early in the second half, cracking the type of crooked smiles that hardly concealed the competitiveness driving both players to chirp and ridicule and needle one another on both ends of the court.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Yip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yip. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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