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Answer for the clue "Golfer's nervousness during putting, with "the" ", 4 letters:
yips

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Yips or the yips is the loss of fine motor skills in athletes. The condition occurs suddenly and without apparent explanation usually in mature athletes with years of experience. It is poorly understood and has no known treatment or therapy. Athletes affected ...

Usage examples of yips.

He went to the edge of the bank and, lifting his head, began a series of yips that led into a heart-stopping ululation of wolf song.

Sharamudoi that had seen them off moved out of sight, Wolf sat on his haunches, lifted his head, and gave voice to a few yips that led to a full, throaty howl, shattering the tranquility of the sunny morning.

Lifting his head and starting with a few preliminary yips, he howled his wolf song loud and long.

The ukufa let out a trebling series of yips, ready to leap at the dangling boy.

Then a new scream erupted, pained and garbled amid a yowl of yips and cries.

To her surprise and annoyance, both wild Big Uglies burst into loud barking yips of laughter.