yap

About 0.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Yapese.
2. noun The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar.
3. noun Casual talk; chatter.
4. noun The mouth, which produces speech.

   Shut your yap!

5. noun A badly behaved person, especially a child.
6. noun A fool.
7. verb Of a small dog, to bark.
8. verb To talk, especially excessively; to chatter.

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

Similar words

yip yelp trap maw hole jabber blah chatter nag bla

Often followed by

and ah in island of is was to state

Word family

Uap Yap Yapese yapped yapper yappers yapping yaps