YAP (AT) Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

yap (at)

verb

Definition of yap (at)

as in to carp (at)

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That was Gardner’s first game with the Colts after being acquired from the New York Jets, and while Indy pulled out the OT victory, Gardner was still annoyed by some of the social media chatter afterward.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Debt collectors also can't repeatedly call with the intent to annoy, abuse or harass you.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of annoy

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Poliński said Zosia would likely have been blamed for misfortunes such as disease and famine that often plagued the region in the 17th century, which people sometimes attributed to supernatural activity by the dead.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Frightened that she may be plagued by the same mental illness that felled her mom, Gemma stubbornly refuses to believe anything is wrong.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of plague

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Specialty carp baits and tackle drive a large portion of the European recreational fishing industries sales.

— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
In our testing, a paper-funnel trap baited with overripe fruit and fruit-forward vinegar consistently caught the most flies.

— Emma Jacobson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of bait

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Not too much bugs him, but he sometimes is annoyed by his baby sister and doesn’t trust people who put pineapple on their pizza.

— Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2026
The indictment revealed that prosecutors had bugged the Aisenbergs' home for three months after Sabrina's disappearance.

— Curran Rastogi, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of bug

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It’s been a long five years since Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car rode a rave of critical support to a Best Picture nomination off of miniscule box-office tallies.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026
Symone will play Jojo Calhoun, who is the brazen and creative younger sister of Julius (Mitchell), a local bull riding star and talented barrel racer.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of ride

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Stewart isn’t the only Twilight star still being badgered about the vampire franchise.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
Nine said league members received money they were owed only after badgering him directly, including threatening to expose him publicly or report him to his employer, and even then, some received only partial winnings.

— Alex Andrejev, New York Times, 17 July 2026

Definition of badger

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