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Meaning of "yips" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD YIPS

Of unknown origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF YIPS

yips  [jɪps] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF YIPS

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Yips is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES YIPS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Yips

Yips or the yips is the apparent loss of fine motor skills without apparent explanation, in one of a number of different sports. The technical term is focal dystonia. Athletes affected by the yips demonstrate a sudden, unexplained loss of previous skills. Athletes affected by the yips sometimes recover their ability, sometimes compensate by changing technique, or may be forced to abandon their sport at the highest level.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH YIPS


amidships
əˈmɪdʃɪps
apocalypse
əˈpɒkəlɪps
bagpipes
ˈbæɡˌpaɪps
clips
ˈklɪps
drapes
dreɪps
eclipse
ɪˈklɪps
ellipse
ɪˈlɪps
forceps
ˈfɔːsɪps
gapes
ɡeɪps
grapes
ɡreɪps
grips
ˈɡrɪps
MIPS
mɪps
panpipes
ˈpænˌpaɪps
Phillips
ˈfɪlɪps
pipes
paɪps
snips
snɪps
swipes
swaɪps
traipse
treɪps
whips
wɪps
woodchips
ˈwʊdtʃɪps

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE YIPS

yin
Yin and Yang
Yinchuan
Yinchwan
yindie
Yingkou
Yingkow
Yinglish
yip
yipe
yipes
yippee
yipper
yippie
yird
yirr
yirth
yite
yitie
yitten

WORDS THAT END LIKE YIPS

asparagus tips
at one´s fingertips
athwartships
cheap as chips
Eastern Townships
first four ships
fish and chips
game chips
get to grips
have had one´s chips
lick one´s lips
Mendips
midships
oven chips
personal relationships
polystyrene chips
the yips
thrips
tin snips
tortilla chips

Synonyms and antonyms of yips in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «yips» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF YIPS

Find out the translation of yips to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of yips from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «yips» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

叶氏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

yips
570 millions of speakers

English

yips
510 millions of speakers

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yips
380 millions of speakers
ar

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ينبح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Yips
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

latidos
270 millions of speakers

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yips
260 millions of speakers

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yips
220 millions of speakers

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Yips
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

yips
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

イップス
130 millions of speakers

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yips
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Yips
85 millions of speakers
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yips
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

yips
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Yips
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Viyaklamalar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

yips
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Yips
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Yips
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ylps
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

yips
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

yips
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

yips
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

yips
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of yips

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «YIPS»

The term «yips» is regularly used and occupies the 59.882 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «YIPS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about yips

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YIPS»

Discover the use of yips in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to yips and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Yips: A Novel
They are a highly entertaining and eccentric bunch, but there’s more to them than meets the eye. “There enter in questions of what it is to be consumed by love or lust, by shame, by the longing to be someone else or nobody” (The ...
Nicola Barker, 2012
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My Baby Got the Yips: The Random Thoughts of an ...
Part autobiography, part theory, part bumper book of fun, this book is concerned with rarely pondered matters—the best way to throw a golf club, the greatest golfer you’ve never heard of, the 10 most marvelous golfing moments, and the ...
Richard Russell, 2004
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Fix the Yips Forever: The First and Only Guide You Need to ...
Draws on scientific findings to explain how golfers lose control of their game by succumbing to a motor-neural malfunction in the brain that distorts how messages are sent to the muscles, outlining a program of practice drills designed to ...
Hank Haney, 2006
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Handbook of Sport Psychology
Our goal is to try to understand how these failures relate to the choking research presented earlier. The Yips The yips have been described as a disruption in the execution of a fine motor skill as a result of involuntary jerks, tremors, and spasms  ...
Gershon Tenenbaum, Robert C. Eklund, 2007
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Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology
The yips (most commonly associated with golf) is a condition that includes involuntary tremors, freezing, or jerking of the hands, most often seen in golf shots such as putting and chipping but also seen in archery (called target panic), throwing ...
Robert Stephen Weinberg, Daniel Gould, 2011
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Science and Golf IV
RESEARCH INTO POSSIBLE CAUSES OF THE YIPS IN GOLFERS McDaniel et al.'s (1989) study indicated that those individuals who experienced the yips did not demonstrate differences in severity or frequency of anxiety related symptoms  ...
Eric Thain, 2012
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Dave Pelz's Putting Bible: The Complete Guide to Mastering ...
Johnny Miller was one of the beM h.ill-.slriker.s 1 ceei saw, hill he drove himself from competitive golf because of the pulling yips. Arnold Palmer struggled to lie competitive for the last I ? years of his career dining which time he hit the ball ...
Dave Pelz, 2000
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Your 15th Club: The Inner Secret to Great Golf
But it's not the yips. The yips are a mental condition, not a mechanical flaw. If you think you have the yips in your wedge game, it makes sense to see a pro and ask him or her to examine your technique to see if there are mechanical flaws that ...
Dr Bob Rotella, 2012
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Golf For Dummies
Two-time Masters winner Bernhard Langer has had the yips not once, not twice, but three times. To Langer's eternal credit, he has overcome them each time. First he came up with a unique, homemade style where he seemed to be taking his ...
McCord, 2012
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Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It ...
THE YIPS Mia's dad likened his worries on the putting green to a bout ofmental nausea. His mental game had really gone down the tubes since he had begun to play every day. Now sometimes he felt like he got a shaky feeling in his right arm  ...
Sian Beilock, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YIPS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term yips is used in the context of the following news items.
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USC Barbarians overcome midseason yips
SECOND-placed USC Barbarians have snapped a two-game losing streak and put daylight between themselves and the third-placed Maroochydore Swans ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Jul 15»
2
White Sox catcher Geovany Soto says he doesn't have the yips
Asked if there was any truth to Chavez's comments about the “yips,” Soto said: “No, I don't think so.” The rest of his routine, he said, is just clearing pebbles away ... «Chicago Sun-Times, May 15»
3
Pies turn to psychology to cure Cloke's yips
Cloke was again wayward in booting 5.4 against St Kilda last Friday night. Despite playing an influential role in the Magpies' 74-point win, it was the forward's ... «AFL.com.au, Apr 15»
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Video: Jon Lester Attempts to Cure his "Yips" by Throwing Entire …
In what remains the strangest story in baseball, Chicago Cubs Ace Jon Lester is still having trouble throwing to first base. Today, Lester fielded a come-backer ... «The Big Lead, Apr 15»
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Will NL exploit Jon Lester's throwing yips?
Steve Sax had a well-known case of the yips. The former Dodgers second baseman, who now works for MLB Network radio, said it came as a result of one event ... «Boston Globe, Apr 15»
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Gerry Dulac: Short-game yips don't trouble Tiger Woods, but …
And he did so just 18 holes into returning from a self-imposed leave of absence for, well, having the yips. And they're not just gone. They're conquered. «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Apr 15»
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Tiger Woods' chipping yips make it too risky to play Masters, says …
Tiger Woods' struggles with his short game may be news to many in the golf world but he has shown signs of the chipping yips for years, according to Hank ... «SB Nation, Apr 15»
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Audio: The Rubberbandits went on Newstalk last night under the …
Audio: The Rubberbandits went on Newstalk last night under the influence of “legally-consumed yips”. By Conor Heneghan ... «JOE, Mar 15»
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If Tiger Woods can conquer the yips it will be his greatest feat yet
The yips is the loss of taken-for-granted motor skills for no apparent reason. Woods seems to have developed the yips on his chipping, either chunking the shot ... «Herald Scotland, Feb 15»
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What are the yips and how do you fix them?
The yips are a real thing. In fact, they're a medical condition. The Mayo Clinic defines the yips as “involuntary wrist spasms” that typically happen when a golfer ... «Golf News Net, Feb 15»

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