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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts);
- Example: "to avoid the yips he changed his style of putting"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

yips
    n 1: nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially
         causes golfers to miss short putts); "to avoid the yips he
         changed his style of putting"