ki-yiv.
/ˈkʌɪˈjʌɪ/ U.S. colloquial.
intransitive. To howl or yelp as a dog, or utter a sound compared to this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > howl or yelp
galec1275
yawpc1400
baffc1440
yelp1553
bawl1556
waff1570
bewh1581
yap1668
yamph1718
nyaff1808
yaff1808
yaffle1847
yappet1868
ki-yi1869
1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks 332 Hang him [a dog] we did, and he ki-hied with a vigor that strikingly increased the moral effect.
Derivatives
ki-yi n. (a) the howl or yelp of a dog; a whoop; a shout of exultation; (b) a dog.
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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > howl or whine
pime?a1500
whinge?a1513
yowl?a1513
whrine1513
howla1616
whine1633
whimper1810
whinner1840
wow1862
ki-yi1884
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun]
houndc897
dogOE
cur?c1225
cur-dog?c1225
barker1393
tykec1400
bawtiec1536
bufe1567
cute1622
bow-wow1785
buffer1819
growler1822
purp1861
canine1863
ki-yi1884
dawg1898
wonk1900
mong1903
pooch1908
poochie1934
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by
yowl?a1513
ki-yi1884
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by > yelp
yelp?a1513
yaff1609
yap1826
yamph1832
yaffle1836
ki-yi1884
1884 Breadwinners 210 You ought to have heard the ki-yi's that followed.
1886 Detroit Free Press 4 Aug. (Farmer) Now and then you will hear a joyous ki-yi come from the direction of a woolly-headed worker.
1895 Harper's Mag. Nov. 962/1 I'm not really a ki-yi, and while I don't like bicyclists,..I won't bite you.
1904 Buffalo (N.Y.) Express 20 June 4 A butcher in Brussels made sausage of the carcass of a zoo elephant which had been killed. Doubtless the Brussels kiyis yelped for joy.
1907 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 xi. 129 Yo're the snortingest ki-yi that ever stuck its tail atween its laigs, yu are.
1908 C. E. Mulford Orphan xiii. 162 Don't hurt Humble's ki-yi and he'll be plumb nice to you.
1913 J. London Valley of Moon i. x But them sickenin', sap-headed stiffs, with the grit of rabbits and the silk of mangy ki-yi's, a-cheerin' me—me!
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