Yips is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like tension or tenseness. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Yips meaning
A nervous condition which prevents a sportsperson from playing properly; especially a condition which causes a golfer to miss an easy putt, or a tennis player to serve a double fault.
Using Yips
- The main meaning on this page is: A nervous condition which prevents a sportsperson from playing properly; especially a condition which causes a golfer to miss an easy putt, or a tennis player to serve a double fault.
- Useful related words include: tension, tenseness, stress.
- In the example corpus, yips often appears in combinations such as: the yips.
Context around Yips
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yips
- In this selection, "yips" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, telltale, getting and haven stand out and add context to how "yips" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about the yips haven t and don the yips. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yips" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yips
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The only chaps to ever give old Don the yips. (10 words)
Unless Carlson shows accuracy issues or the yips in camp, it’s his job to lose. (16 words)
Groups of five to six loons continually came into view, often after we first heard their telltale yips. (18 words)
His most loyal supporters at his rallies, including the one on Long Island where he joked about the “yips,” haven’t been dissuaded from seeing him in person. (28 words)
After Cutting seemed to get the yips as long-snapper, he was cut loose in favor of DePaola, who looks set to keep the job into next season. (28 words)
Sesame Street started posting on Instagram Reels and TikTok late last year, with its first TikTok featuring the Yips getting over 3 million views. (24 words)
Example sentences (6)
Sesame Street started posting on Instagram Reels and TikTok late last year, with its first TikTok featuring the Yips getting over 3 million views.
His most loyal supporters at his rallies, including the one on Long Island where he joked about the “yips,” haven’t been dissuaded from seeing him in person.
After Cutting seemed to get the yips as long-snapper, he was cut loose in favor of DePaola, who looks set to keep the job into next season.
Groups of five to six loons continually came into view, often after we first heard their telltale yips.
The only chaps to ever give old Don the yips.
Unless Carlson shows accuracy issues or the yips in camp, it’s his job to lose.
Common combinations with yips
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: