yip

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Noun
  • Bonobo dictionary Berthet started with establishing the tentative meaning of the basic calls: singular grunts or yelps.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Cutts contain a series of sharp, loud clucks interspersed with yelps.
    Adam Moore, Outdoor Life, 10 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • TikTok and Instagram Reels are rife with clips of two women sitting in a pink or beige studio and, in TikTok terms, having a yap about seemingly inconsequential matters.
    Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Foxes use a variety of calls, including barks, howls, yaps, and growls.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Choosing nutritious options like Greek yogurt bark, trail mix, or turkey and cheese roll-ups provides essential nutrients and may support sleep.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 15 July 2025
  • Although cinchona trees, with bark that produces quinine, began to be cultivated in India in the 19th century, and abroad later, the trees are in fact native to many areas including the Andes.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Before starting the car, listen out for any meows too, because rescues like Greenpoint Cats have saved more than their fair share of kittens from situations like this.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
  • Sissy fell silent, poking her head out at the meows.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Liam sang most of the songs in his reedy yowl, all charisma with his hands pulled behind his back, head tilted up toward the sky and a parka often inexplicably zipped all the way up to his chin.
    Paula Mejía, Vulture, 5 July 2025
  • Some hockey teams have incorporated sound effects into their celebratory goal-horn noise—a cannon blast for the Columbus Blue Jackets, a cat’s yowl for the Florida Panthers.
    Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • The fish-eating raptor known for gymnastic dives and whistle-like chirps is an American conservation success story.
    Danny Bakst, Fortune, 13 July 2025
  • Microphones placed one centimeter in front of the insects recorded their chirps in response to the electrical stimulation while a circuit tester measured the voltage flowing through their tiny bodies.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, did the dolphin squeaks and whistles.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
  • The footage shows the beautiful black cat not with a typical meow, but with a series of gentle squeaks.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Cicadas are back at it again in 2025, already emerging in droves to announce the approach of summer with their screeches.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2025
  • The screech of an infected is the first sign of trouble.
    EW.com, EW.com, 19 May 2025
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“Yip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yip. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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