The yips

The yips

The yips can refer to:

*Yips, an apparently baseless loss of ability to perform in various sports
*"The Yips" ("How I Met Your Mother"), a 2007 episode of the situation comedy "How I Met Your Mother"
*Yip Yips, characters in the children's television program "Sesame Street"


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  • The Yips (How I Met Your Mother) — Infobox Television episode Title = The Yips Series = How I Met Your Mother Season = 3 Episode = 10 Guests = Annie Ilonzeh (Becky), Meredith Roberts (Trish), Stephanie Faracy (Rhonda), Wayne Brady (James Stinson), Mick Harrity (Max), Heidi Klum… …   Wikipedia

  • the yips — informal extreme nervousness causing a golfer to miss easy putts. → yips …   English new terms dictionary

  • Yips — Yips, or The yips is an expression describing an apparently baseless sudden loss of ability in one of a number of different sports.Professional or leading amateur sportsmen affected by the Yips sometimes recover their ability, sometimes… …   Wikipedia

  • yips — [yips] pl.n. 〚< ?〛 Informal a tense, nervous feeling affecting a golfer s ability to putt smoothly and effectively: with the * * * yips (yĭps) pl.n. Nervousness or tension that causes an athlete to fail to perform effectively, especially in… …   Universalium

  • Yips — Dans le golf, un yips est un mouvement inconscient qui se produit lors du put. Le terme yips a été popularisé par Tommy Armour un champion de golf devenu depuis professeur de golf pour expliquer les difficultés qui l ont poussé à abandonner la… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • The Lost Princess of Oz — infobox Book | name = The Lost Princess of Oz image caption = Cover of The Lost Princess of Oz author = L. Frank Baum illustrator = John R. Neill country = United States language = English series = The Oz Books genre = Children s novel publisher …   Wikipedia

  • yips — noun plural Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1962 a state of nervous tension affecting an athlete (as a golfer) in the performance of a crucial action < had a bad case of the yips on short putts > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Yips — pl n 1. (originally) nervousness which can cause a golfer to miss an easy putt: a case of the yips ; 2. similar complaint affecting any person playing a sport …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • yips — Australian Slang pl n 1. (originally) nervousness which can cause a golfer to miss an easy putt: a case of the yips ; 2. similar complaint affecting any person playing a sport …   English dialects glossary

  • yips — plural noun (the yips) informal extreme nervousness causing a golfer to miss easy putts. Origin 1960s: of unknown origin …   English new terms dictionary

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