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YIPS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yips mean?
• YIPS (noun)
The noun YIPS has 1 sense:
1. nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)
Familiarity information: YIPS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
to avoid the yips he changed his style of putting
Hypernyms ("yips" is a kind of...):
stress; tenseness; tension ((psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense)
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