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Noun yap has 1 sense
- trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob - informal terms for the mouth
--1 is a kind of mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris
Verb yap has 1 sense
- yelp, yip, yap - bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped"
--1 is one way to bark
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Term: yap
Part of Speech: Verb
Sense 1: To bark sharply or shrilly
Usage:
- The little dog started to yap loudly when he saw the mailman.
- The annoying dog kept yapping throughout the night, disturbing the neighbors.
- Our puppy gets excited and yaps whenever someone comes to our front door.
Sense 2: To talk continuously and excitedly
Usage:
- The excited children would yap about their favorite cartoons.
- Jen can yap for hours about her recent trip to Europe.
Sense 3: To complain or criticize incessantly
Usage:
- My co-worker always yaps about how unfair our boss is.
- Instead of taking action, he just yaps about the problems all day long.
Part of Speech: Noun
Sense 1: A sharp or shrill bark
Usage:
- The yap of the small dog annoyed everyone in the park.
- We could hear the yaps of the neighborhood dogs from our backyard.
Sense 2: Informal term for mouth or talk
Usage:
- Shut your yap and let me finish my sentence!
- He's always running his yap, thinking he knows everything.
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