Words · Rare
yipping
7 letters · 5 distinct letters
A form of yip.
- verb
bark in a high pitched tone
the puppies yelped
- noun
a sharp high pitched cry (especially by a dog)
Word history
History of yip
Possibly from dialectal yip (“to cheep like a bird”), from Middle English ȝyppe, probably imitative.
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 50: the standard list most spell checkers use.
- How common it is
- Rarer than once in ten million words.
- In the spelling bee
- Bonus word It’s waiting for an editor’s review because it’s rare in everyday writing. Until then it scores as a bonus word.