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yips¹

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Coined by Scottish-American professional golfer Tommy Armour in 1927.

noun

  1. informal, uncountable 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. His office is a baseball park and he is a pitcher for the N.Y. Mets—a job guaranteed to give anyone a good case of after-hours yips.

    Similar: wobbles

noun

  1. plural plural of yip

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of yip

Yips²

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Yip

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noun a nervous condition which prevents a sportsperson from playing properly

한국어입스 ipseu
日本語イップス ippusu
DeutschYips

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MLA

"yips." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yips. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

yips. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yips

Chicago

"yips." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yips.

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@misc{yips_2026,
  title = {yips},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yips},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}