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slang
as in mouth
the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal a dope with a talent for opening his yap at exactly the wrong moment

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“Yap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yap. Accessed 23 Mar. 2023.

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