verb
- making sharp, high-pitched barking sounds
Usage: present participle of yip
noun
- the act or sound of making sharp, high-pitched barks
Usage: gerund form
Examples
- The small dog was yipping excitedly at the mailman.
- We could hear yipping coming from the neighbor’s yard.
- The puppy kept yipping until its owner returned home.
- The coyotes were yipping in the distance at night.
- She couldn’t sleep because of the constant yipping next door.
- The terrier’s yipping woke up the entire household.