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Definitions from WordNet

Noun yap has 1 sense
  1. trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob - informal terms for the mouth
    --1 is a kind of mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris
Verb yap has 1 sense
  1. yelp, yip, yap - bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped"
    --1 is one way to bark
    Sample sentence:
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Definitions from the Web

Term: yap

Part of Speech: Verb

Sense 1: To bark sharply or shrilly

Usage:

  • The little dog started to yap loudly when he saw the mailman.
  • The annoying dog kept yapping throughout the night, disturbing the neighbors.
  • Our puppy gets excited and yaps whenever someone comes to our front door.

Sense 2: To talk continuously and excitedly

Usage:

  • The excited children would yap about their favorite cartoons.
  • Jen can yap for hours about her recent trip to Europe.

Sense 3: To complain or criticize incessantly

Usage:

  • My co-worker always yaps about how unfair our boss is.
  • Instead of taking action, he just yaps about the problems all day long.

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1: A sharp or shrill bark

Usage:

  • The yap of the small dog annoyed everyone in the park.
  • We could hear the yaps of the neighborhood dogs from our backyard.

Sense 2: Informal term for mouth or talk

Usage:

  • Shut your yap and let me finish my sentence!
  • He's always running his yap, thinking he knows everything.

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