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plural of yap, slang
as in mouths
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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yaps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of yap

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mouths
Noun
  • The tests showed that the protusions' material bears a close genetic resemblance to the tooth-growing genes that are typically present in fish mouths.
    Staff Author, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Then, there’s the one about the two Asian guys who are harnessed to a chariot and made to pull it along, like horses, with bits in their mouths, while this other Asian guy, holding the reins, lashes them with a whip.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Yaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yaps. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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