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yips

[ yips ]

plural noun

Sports.
  1. the sudden and unexplained loss of a motor skill used in a sport, as with a smooth golf swing reduced to a stuttering one, experienced by athletes who had previously mastered the required movements.


yips

/ ɪ /

plural noun

  1. the yips informal.
    (in sport, originally esp golf) nervous twitching or tension that destroys concentration and spoils performance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yips1

First recorded in 1960–65; origin obscure
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yips1

C20: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

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Bernhard Langer, playing in his final Masters this week, overcame battles with the yips and became one of the greatest senior golfers of all-time.

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“I’ve had the yips on four different occasions. It seems like every seven years for some reason, just not lately, thank goodness.”

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Brooklyn Moors battled a classic case of the yips.

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A case of the “twisties” has been compared to the so-called “yips,” which can happen in baseball and golf and was famously depicted in the Apple TV+ show "Ted Lasso."

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"Early days for me, trying this new way of playing, different style of cueing, just to get away from the 'yips' as I call it, the easiest way of explaining it," he added.

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