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Meaning of "the yips" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE YIPS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE YIPS

the Wisdom of Jesus, the Son of Sirach
the witching hour
the Wolds
the woman
the wop-wops
the word
the works
The World
the worried well
the worse for wear
the worst
the Wrekin
the Writings
the wrong side of the tracks
the wrong track
the Yahwist
the yakuza
the Yard
the year dot
the Yukon

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE YIPS

amidships
asparagus tips
at one´s fingertips
cheap as chips
clips
Eastern Townships
fish and chips
get to grips
grips
Mendips
oven chips
personal relationships
Phillips
snips
thrips
tin snips
tortilla chips
whips
woodchips
yips

Synonyms and antonyms of the yips in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the yips» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE YIPS

Find out the translation of the yips to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the yips from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the yips» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

在叶氏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

yips
570 millions of speakers

English

the yips
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

yips
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ينبح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

в Yips
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

os latidos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যান্ত্রিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

yips
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Yips
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die yips
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

イップス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

yips
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

The yips
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

các yips
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Yips
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Nakavtlar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

le yips
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

że Yips
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в Yips
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de Ylps
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οι yips
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die yips
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

yips
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

yips
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the yips

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE YIPS»

The term «the yips» is normally little used and occupies the 125.018 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE YIPS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the yips

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE YIPS»

Discover the use of the yips in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the yips and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Yips: A Novel
They are a highly entertaining and eccentric bunch, but there’s more to them than meets the eye. “There enter in questions of what it is to be consumed by love or lust, by shame, by the longing to be someone else or nobody” (The ...
Nicola Barker, 2012
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Fix the Yips Forever: The First and Only Guide You Need to ...
Draws on scientific findings to explain how golfers lose control of their game by succumbing to a motor-neural malfunction in the brain that distorts how messages are sent to the muscles, outlining a program of practice drills designed to ...
Hank Haney, 2006
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My Baby Got the Yips: The Random Thoughts of an ...
Part autobiography, part theory, part bumper book of fun, this book is concerned with rarely pondered matters—the best way to throw a golf club, the greatest golfer you’ve never heard of, the 10 most marvelous golfing moments, and the ...
Richard Russell, 2004
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Golf For Dummies
“I've got the yips!” may be the most feared phrase in golf. Any professional golfer with the yips may as well be setting fire to $100 bills. Simply put, the yips are a nervous condition that prevents the afflicted from making a smooth putting stroke.
McCord, 2011
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Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It ...
THE YIPS Mia's dad likened his worries on the putting green to a bout ofmental nausea. His mental game had really gone down the tubes since he had begun to play every day. Now sometimes he felt like he got a shaky feeling in his right arm  ...
Sian Beilock, 2011
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This Is Your Brain on Sports: Beating Blocks, Slumps and ...
"THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON SPORTS is a must read for anyone involved in or simply interested in sports. It tells the real story of what I went through and how countless athletes of all levels are still going through now.....unnecessarily.
David Grand, Alan Goldberg, 2011
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The Big Book of Oz: Volume 2 - The Little Wizard Series
But on top live the Yips, and although the space they occupy is not great in extent , the wee country is all their own. The Yips had never - up to the time this story begins - left their broad tableland to go down into the Land of Oz, nor had the Oz  ...
L. Frank Baum, 2007
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Energy Psychology and the Yips Cure and Prevention
This is not just another work-around; this eliminates the cause of the yips. This book will teach you everything you need to know to conquer the yips and protect you from ever getting them in the future.
Jack Eason Rowe, 2003
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Practice to Learn, Play to Win
FEAR FACTOR AND THE YIPS By repeating a negative behavior and engraining it into memory, primitive or not, you are creating a fear factor. A fear factor elicits the fight or flight response including a racing heart beat, increased muscle tone, ...
Mark Guadagnoli, 2007
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Adventures in Oz: The Scarecrow of Oz, Rinkitink in Oz, the ...
But on top live the Yips, and although the space they occupy is not great in extent , the wee country is all their own. The Yips had never—up to the time this story begins—left their broad tableland to go down into the Land of Oz, nor had the Oz  ...
L. Frank Baum, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE YIPS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the yips is used in the context of the following news items.
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White Sox catcher Geovany Soto says he doesn't have the yips
Asked if there was any truth to Chavez's comments about the “yips,” Soto said: “No, I don't think so.” The rest of his routine, he said, is just clearing pebbles away ... «Chicago Sun-Times, May 15»
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Does Jon Lester have a bona fide case of the yips?
If the Cubs' $155 million man has a bona fide case of the yips, the only thing that can cure it is to get it out of his head. That means dismissing the problem and ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Apr 15»
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Gerry Dulac: Short-game yips don't trouble Tiger Woods, but …
And he did so just 18 holes into returning from a self-imposed leave of absence for, well, having the yips. And they're not just gone. They're conquered. «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Apr 15»
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How Tiger Woods got the yips
It can't be anything but the yips. The reality is that Tiger is having trouble advancing the ball on short shots out of perfect inch-and-a-half ryegrass rough where ... «SportingNews.com, Apr 15»
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The yips: Funny name, serious problem
Castro is among those experienced golfers plagued by an inexplicable phenomenon known as the yips. The name might make the condition sound trivial, but ... «Dallas Morning News, Feb 15»
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If Tiger Woods can conquer the yips it will be his greatest feat yet
The yips is the loss of taken-for-granted motor skills for no apparent reason. Woods seems to have developed the yips on his chipping, either chunking the shot ... «Herald Scotland, Feb 15»
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Ian Baker-Finch: Tiger doesn't have the yips, his problems are mental
Take it from a former major champion who lost his battle with the yips: Tiger Woods does ... Woods' former teacher Hank Haney, to suggest Woods has the yips. «Yahoo Sports, Feb 15»
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What are the yips and how do you fix them?
The yips are a real thing. In fact, they're a medical condition. The Mayo Clinic defines the yips as “involuntary wrist spasms” that typically happen when a golfer ... «Golf News Net, Feb 15»
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If Tiger Woods really has the yips, he might want to give this guy a call
Those fixes had nothing to do with mechanics, which aren't the issue for someone suffering the yips. Crowley doesn't need to know anything about a particular ... «GolfDigest.com, Feb 15»
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Tiger Woods melts down with a career-threatening case of the yips
Tiger Woods has the yips. Woods has done a lot of astounding things in his career, but the past two days at the Phoenix Open were as startling as anything ... «SB Nation, Jan 15»

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