yapped; yapping
yapper
noun
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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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Troy Renck, Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2026
Cricket was shot for yapping uncontrollably, bungling the mission, and killing innocent bystanders.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
But Wednesday down in Dove Valley felt like a level of intensity these Broncos hadn’t reached all offseason, emotions and bellows and yaps hinging on nearly every rep during team work.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 31 July 2025
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Verb
But if Bruce Brown or Aaron Gordon sets a blind pick as Jokic goes to the corner that will ease the appetite of the defenders to latch onto the center’s legs like yapping Chihuahuas.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2026
Cricket was shot for yapping uncontrollably, bungling the mission, and killing innocent bystanders.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
Foxes use a variety of calls, including barks, howls, yaps, and growls.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
But Wednesday down in Dove Valley felt like a level of intensity these Broncos hadn’t reached all offseason, emotions and bellows and yaps hinging on nearly every rep during team work.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 31 July 2025
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“Yap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yap. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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