yap

See also Yap

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jæp/

Noun

yap (plural yaps)

1. The high-pitched bark of a small dog.
2. An informal talk.
3. The mouth, which produces speech.

   Shut your yap!

4. (Geordie) A badly behaved child, a brat.

Translations

high-pitched bark

• Finnish: räksytys (fi)
• German: japsen (de) n

• Russian: тяв-тяв (ru) (tjav-tjáv), тявканье (ru) (tjávkan'je) n
• Spanish: ladrido (es) m, gañido (es) m, trino (es) m, quejido (es) m

References

• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118

Verb

yap (third-person singular simple present yaps, present participle yapping, simple past and past participle yapped)

1. (intransitive) Of a small dog, to bark.
2. (intransitive, slang) To talk, especially excessively.

   You’re always yapping - I wish you’d shut up.

Translations

of a small dog, to bark in a non-growly manner

• Dutch: keffen (nl)
• Finnish: räksyttää (fi)
• French: japper (fr)
• German: kläffen (de)

• Japanese: きゃんきゃんほえる (ja) (kyankyan hoeru)
• Russian: тявкать (tjávkat’)
• Spanish: ladrar (es), gañir (es)

slang: to talk, especially excessively

• Japanese: ぺちゃくちゃしゃべる (ja) (pechakucha shaberu)
• Scottish Gaelic: bleadraig (gd)

• Spanish: cotorrear (es), parlotear (es)

Anagrams

• APY
• pay
• pya

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Catawba

Noun

yap

1. tree; wood

Usage notes

The word is also represented ya, yop, ya’p, yo’p.

Descendants

• English: yaupon

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Turkish

Verb

yap

1. Second-person negative imperative of yapmamak.
2. Second-person imperative of yapmak.

Antonyms

• yapma