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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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