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Noun: yips
  1. Nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)
    "to avoid the yips he changed his style of putting"
Noun: yip  yip
  1. A sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog)
    - yelp, yelping, yap
Verb: yip (yipped,yipping)  yip
  1. Bark in a high-pitched tone
    "the puppies yipped";
    - yelp, yap

Type of: bark, cry, stress, tenseness, tension, woof

Encyclopedia: Yips

Yip, George