Crossword clues for yips
yips
- Pekingese sounds
- Peke squeaks
- Peeps from pups
- Litter sounds
- Jack Russell sounds
- Golfer's putting woes, with "the"
- Golfer's nervousness during putting, with "the"
- Chihuahua sounds
- Cat alarms?
- Athlete's jitters
- Wee barks
- Term golfers give to nerves that mess up one's swing
- Squeaks from a peke
- Sounds from squeaky toys?
- Slangy golf term for nervousness while putting, with "the"
- Quick, shrill barks
- Pups' plaints
- Pups' peeps
- Puppy's protests
- Puppy's outbursts
- Puppy's barks
- Puppies' calls
- Plaints from pups
- Pet store cries
- Performance anxiety
- Nonthreatening barks
- Nervousness that results in missed putts
- Nervous twitching in a golfer
- Nervous tension that lets a golfer down?
- Little pound cries
- Little barks
- Kennel calls
- High barks
- Golfer's case of the nerves
- Golfer's affliction
- Golf jitters
- Dachshund sounds
- Chihuahua barks
- Canine calls
- Acts like a little bitch, perhaps
- Puppies' barks
- Pup's complaints
- Barks like a fox
- Puppies' plaints
- Litter cries
- Kennel noises
- Puppy cries
- Puppy sounds
- Sounds from pounds
- Small dogs' cries
- Sounds in pounds
- Pound's sounds
- Sounds made by 36-Across
- Pound sounds
- Sounds at pounds
- Pups' complaints
- Dog sounds
- Nervousness that causes a golfer to miss an easy putt, with "the"
- Athlete's sudden loss of ability, informally
- Canine cries
- Kennel complaints
- Kennel sounds
- Puppy talk
- Kennel cries
- Shrill barks
- Sharp barks
- Pomeranian barks
- Puppy protests
- Puppy noises
- Pup squeaks
- Nervous putter's malady
- Little dog sounds
- High-pitched cries
- Golfer's nervousness
- Cries from puppies
- Squeals from pounds
- Sounds from toy poodles
- Sounds from tiny dogs
- Sounds from a toy poodle
- Sounds from a tiny dog
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context informal English) A nervous condition which prevents a sportsman from playing properly; especially a condition which causes a golfer to miss an easy putt, or a tennis player to serve a double fault. 2 (plural of yip English)Category:English plurals vb. (en-third-person singular of: yip)
WordNet
n. 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"
Wikipedia
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 by the yips sometimes recover their ability, which may require a change in technique. Many are forced to abandon their sport at the highest level.
The yips manifest themselves as twitches, staggers, jitters and jerks. The condition occurs most often in sports which athletes are required to perform a single precise and well-timed action such as golf and darts. The condition is also experienced by bowlers in cricket and pitchers in baseball.
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.