Meaning

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

    Japsen, Kläffen, Gekläffe

    тяв-тя́вtjav-tjáv, тя́вканьеtjávkanʹje

  2. (slang, uncountable)Casual talk; chatter.

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

    Shut your yap!

    informal terms for the mouth

  4. (Geordie, countable)A badly behaved person, especially a child.

  5. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A fool.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. It makes sounds similar to a fox yapping.

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  2. These yap sessions are starting to get on my nerve.

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  3. I'm trying to concentrate but that stupid dog's yapping is not helping.

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  4. The dog is yapping.

    ruСобака тявкает.

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  5. The yapping mutt from next door hardly let me get a moment's shut-eye all night.

    deDer kläffende Köter von nebenan hat mich fast die ganze Nacht lang kein Auge zutun lassen.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
high-pitched bark:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
high-pitched bark:

Origin

Probably of imitative origin. Alternatively, from dialectal yap, yaup, yalp (“to yap, yelp

Probably of imitative origin. Alternatively, from dialectal yap, yaup, yalp (“to yap, yelp”). More at yelp.

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Forms

plural: yaps
Singularyap
Pluralyaps

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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