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Definition of 'yips'

English

Noun

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  • (informal) A nervous condition which prevents a sportsman from playing properly; especially a condition which causes a golfer to miss an easy putt, or a tennis player to serve a double fault.
  • * 2013 , William Fotheringham, The Guardian , Monday 13 May 2013:
    • Defining precisely why a professional cyclist might lose his touch on descents is as difficult as explaining a golfer's yips or a striker's sudden inability to find the net. It happens rarely, most famously in the early 1990s; the double world champion Gianni Bugno suffered from it and only rediscovered his "flow" after being made to listen to Mozart to calm his nerves.
  • English plurals

    • See also

    * dartitis

    Verb

    (head)
  • (yip)

    • References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

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    Similar to 'yips'

    yiffs, yaps, yobs, yawps, yaups, yeeps, yobos, yoofs, yeps, yipes, yups