YAP

trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob

(noun) informal terms for the mouth

yelp, yip, yap

(verb) bark in a high-pitched tone; “the puppies yelped”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

yap (countable and uncountable, plural yaps)

(countable) The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar.

(uncountable, slang) Casual talk; chatter.

(countable, slang, derogatory) The mouth, which produces speech.

(countable, Geordie) A badly behaved child; a brat.

Verb

yap (third-person singular simple present yaps, present participle yapping, simple past and past participle yapped)

(intransitive) Of a small dog, to bark.

(intransitive, slang) To talk, especially excessively; to chatter.

(transitive, slang) To rob or steal from (someone).

Anagrams

• APY, Pay, pay, pya

Proper noun

Yap

An island in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia.

Anagrams

• APY, Pay, pay, pya

Source: Wiktionary


Yap, v. i. Etym: [Icel. gjalpa; akin to yelp. Cf. Yaup.]

Definition: To bark; to yelp. L'Estrange.

Yap, n.

Definition: A bark; a yelp.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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