{
  "yip":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to bark sharply, quickly, and often continuously":[],
      ": to utter a short sharp cry":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "We could hear the puppy yipping playfully in its kennel.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After dark, dogs howl and coyotes yip in anticipation of a kill. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Dec. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1907, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "imitative":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8yip"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031135",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "yipe":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a noise made by or as if by yiping":[
        "the sudden yipe of a mongrel hurt",
        "\u2014 Wallace Stegner",
        "\u2014 used interjectionally in both singular and plural"
      ],
      ": to cry out sharply especially from surprise or pain":[
        "yiped when he touched the hot stove"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "imitative":"Intransitive verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"",
      "\u02c8y\u012bp"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-082608",
    "type":[
      "intransitive verb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "yippee":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "she took one look at the new car in the driveway and exclaimed, \u201c Yippee !\u201d"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1906, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8yi-p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "glory",
      "glory be",
      "ha",
      "hah",
      "hallelujah",
      "hey",
      "hooray",
      "hurrah",
      "hurray",
      "hot dog",
      "huzzah",
      "wahoo",
      "whee",
      "whoopee",
      "yahoo"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073051",
    "type":[
      "interjection"
    ]
  },
  "yippie":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person belonging to or identified with a politically active group of hippies":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In 1967, during the Vietnam War, the Youth International Party, better known as the yippies , decided that the Pentagon was in need of an exorcism\u2014and a levitation. \u2014 Wired , 30 Oct. 2019",
      "The hippies and yippies who wanted to levitate the massive 3.7 million-square-foot building couldn\u2019t fully encircle it as planned \u2014 though the exorcism was more about theatrics than anything else. \u2014 Katie Mettler, Washington Post , 19 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1968, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Y outh I nternational P arty + -ie (as in hippie )":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8yi-p\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-040210",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "yips":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a state of nervous tension affecting an athlete (such as a golfer) in the performance of a crucial action":[
        "had a bad case of the yips on short putts"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Soon, the operating room is full of healthy yips as the baby dogs \u2014 two boys and one girl \u2014 get acquainted with the world. \u2014 People Staff, PEOPLE.com , 11 Apr. 2022",
      "The Jazz are like a golfer with yips right now: their mind is preventing them from doing the things their bodies can do. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 3 Apr. 2022",
      "Nor were there coyote yips or wolf howls piercing the night air in anticipation. \u2014 Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Mar. 2022",
      "With the yips gone, the first-half goals must come if the U.S. want to win in the next window. \u2014 Drake Hills, USA TODAY , 5 Feb. 2022",
      "Bando\u2019s favorite example: When one of the Chinese pitchers suffered his own battle with the yips , Matzek would spend time helping him through bullpen sessions. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "The yips , Kuhn believes, develop similarly \u2014 a subconscious tension that surfaces every time the ball leaves the hand. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "Kuhn hadn\u2019t devised a structured program to fix the yips specifically until a mutual friend \u2014 former Middle Tennessee State and Rockies catcher Michael McKenry \u2014 connected him and Matzek four years ago. \u2014 Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times , 29 Oct. 2021",
      "This story and Helene Elliott\u2019s excellent column explained what has to be the second scariest version of the yips (diving has to be the worst). \u2014 Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times , 29 July 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1935, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "origin unknown":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8yips"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205721",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  }
}