yap — OAT · Shobdo

yap

verb

1 the dogs yapped about his heels:

yelp, bark, woof, bay.

2 the commentator was yapping away on the television:

chatter, prattle, prate, gibber, babble, blather, blether, blither, gabble, gossip, rattle, ramble, maunder;

go on, run on, talk at length, talk incessantly, talk a lot;

British talk nineteen to the dozen;

Scottish, & Irish slabber on;

informal jabber, blabber, yatter, jaw, gab, gas, chitchat, yackety-yak;

British, informal rabbit, witter, waffle, natter, chunter, talk the hind legs off a donkey;

North American, informal run off at the mouth;

Australian, New Zealand, informal mag;

archaic twaddle, twattle, claver, clack.

noun

1 her dog greeted her with excited yaps:

yelp, bark, woof.

2 North American, informal will you kindly keep your yap shut for a minute?:

mouth, lips, jaws;

maw, muzzle;

informal trap, chops, kisser;

British, informal gob, cakehole, mush, laughing gear;

North American, informal puss, bazoo;

Northern Irish, informal bake.