"yipper dog" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yipper dogs [plural]
Etymology: From yipper + dog. Etymology templates: {{com|en|yipper|dog}} yipper + dog Head templates: {{en-noun}} yipper dog (plural yipper dogs)
  1. (informal) A small dog, especially one that makes high-pitched yipping sounds. Tags: informal Synonyms: yapper dog, yipper Coordinate_terms: yippy
    Sense id: en-yipper_dog-en-noun-bSJzZsp3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Dogs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Dogs: 60 40
  2. (by extension) A dog that barks frequently. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-yipper_dog-en-noun-CjvOafcT

Inflected forms

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