yapped; yapping
yapper
noun
Examples of yap in a Sentence
Verb
The dog was yapping all night.
Kids were yapping in the back of the room.
She seems to spend all her time yapping on the phone.
Noun
I heard yaps coming from the yard.
a dope with a talent for opening his yap at exactly the wrong moment
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Brian Grubb, Vulture, 14 July 2024
Alex Caruso, the Thunder’s Chihuahua yapping up the Nuggets’ trees, pestered Aaron Gordon in search of a desperation turnover.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 10 Apr. 2025
Foxes use a variety of calls, including barks, howls, yaps, and growls.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Her council is still yapping at her, and her most powerful allies are moping and staring off into the middle distance.
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 14 July 2024
Alex Caruso, the Thunder’s Chihuahua yapping up the Nuggets’ trees, pestered Aaron Gordon in search of a desperation turnover.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
Noun
TikTok and Instagram Reels are rife with clips of two women sitting in a pink or beige studio and, in TikTok terms, having a yap about seemingly inconsequential matters.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 10 Apr. 2025
Foxes use a variety of calls, including barks, howls, yaps, and growls.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Yap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yap. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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