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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)play

  Familiarity information: YIPS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YIPS (noun)


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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