yap

See also: Yap

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæp/

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

yap (countable and uncountable, plural yaps)

1. (countable) The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar.
2. (uncountable, slang) Casual talk; chatter.
   • 1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 59:

     Had I taken his accusations seriously I might have recommended a change in my under-managership, but I never could translate our jammy products into gas or explosives or even poison. Still yap, at least as concerned Beldite's.

   • 1989, H. T. Willetts (translator), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (author), August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 190:

     They couldn’t rise above their calls for peace. Those who weren’t “defenders of the fatherland” were incapable of anything except yap and blather about “stopping the war.”

3. (countable, slang, derogatory) The mouth, which produces speech.

   Shut your yap!

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

Translations

high-pitched bark

• Esperanto: jelpo
• Finnish: räksytys (fi)
• Georgian: წკავწკავი (c̣ḳavc̣ḳavi), ყეფა (q̇epa)
• German: japsen (de) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: тяв-тя́в n (tjav-tjáv), тя́вканье (ru) n (tjávkanʹje)
• Spanish: ladrido (es) m, gañido (es) m, trino (es) m, quejido (es) m

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN

Verb

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

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

3. (transitive, slang) To rob or steal from (someone).
   • 2000, M.O.P., Ante Up:

     Ante up! Yap that fool!

Translations

of a small dog, to bark

• Dutch: keffen (nl)
• Esperanto: jelpi
• Finnish: räksyttää (fi)
• French: japper (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: kläffen (de)
• Japanese: きゃんきゃんほえる (kyankyan hoeru)
• Russian: тя́вкать (ru) impf (tjávkatʹ), тя́вкнуть (ru) pf (tjávknutʹ)
• Spanish: ladrar (es), gañir (es)

slang: to talk, especially excessively

• Georgian: ლაყბობა (laq̇boba), ყბედობა (q̇bedoba)
• Japanese: ぺちゃくちゃしゃべる (pechakucha shaberu)
• Russian: болта́ть (ru) impf (boltátʹ), трепа́ться (ru) impf (trepátʹsja)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Scottish Gaelic: bleadraig
• Spanish: cotorrear (es), parlotear (es)

Anagrams

• APY, Pay, 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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Finnish

Noun

yap

1. Yapese (Austronesian language spoken in the Federated States of Micronesia, especially by the inhabitants of Yap)

Declension

Inflection of yap (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		yap	—
genitive		yapin	—
partitive		yapia	—
illative		yapiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		yap	—
accusative	nom.	yap	—
	gen.	yapin
genitive		yapin	—
partitive		yapia	—
inessive		yapissa	—
elative		yapista	—
illative		yapiin	—
adessive		yapilla	—
ablative		yapilta	—
allative		yapille	—
essive		yapina	—
translative		yapiksi	—
abessive		yapitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of yap (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative yapini — accusative nom. yapini — gen. yapini genitive yapini — partitive yapiani — inessive yapissani — elative yapistani — illative yapiini — adessive yapillani — ablative yapiltani — allative yapilleni — essive yapinani — translative yapikseni — abessive yapittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative yapisi — accusative nom. yapisi — gen. yapisi genitive yapisi — partitive yapiasi — inessive yapissasi — elative yapistasi — illative yapiisi — adessive yapillasi — ablative yapiltasi — allative yapillesi — essive yapinasi — translative yapiksesi — abessive yapittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative yapimme — accusative nom. yapimme — gen. yapimme genitive yapimme — partitive yapiamme — inessive yapissamme — elative yapistamme — illative yapiimme — adessive yapillamme — ablative yapiltamme — allative yapillemme — essive yapinamme — translative yapiksemme — abessive yapittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative yapinne — accusative nom. yapinne — gen. yapinne genitive yapinne — partitive yapianne — inessive yapissanne — elative yapistanne — illative yapiinne — adessive yapillanne — ablative yapiltanne — allative yapillenne — essive yapinanne — translative yapiksenne — abessive yapittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative yapinsa — accusative nom. yapinsa — gen. yapinsa genitive yapinsa — partitive yapiaan yapiansa — inessive yapissaan yapissansa — elative yapistaan yapistansa — illative yapiinsa — adessive yapillaan yapillansa — ablative yapiltaan yapiltansa — allative yapilleen yapillensa — essive yapinaan yapinansa — translative yapikseen yapiksensa — abessive yapittaan yapittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• yapin kieli

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Turkish

Verb

1. second-person singular imperative of yapmak

Antonyms

• yapma