yipsn.
/jɪps/ Golf colloquial.
A state of nervousness which causes a player to miss an easy putt in a competition. Usually with the.
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the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [noun] > nervousness > state of nervousness when playing golf
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1963 Times 10 June 4/2 His left-below-right putting stroke designed to prevent the ‘yips’, is most effective once it begins to flow.
1972 Telegraph (Brisbane) 1 Jan. 5/7 Nevertheless, Jones got a dose of what golfers call ‘the yips’.
1984 Times 21 Sept. 9/4 Golfers suffer from the ‘yips’, which means that their muscles seize up and freeze when they are faced with a short putt and they cannot play the stroke.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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