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intransitive verb yapped, yapping

to make a sharp, shrill bark or yelp
Slang to talk noisily and stupidly; jabber

Origin: echoic

noun

a sharp, shrill bark or yelp
Slang noisy, stupid talk; jabber
Slang a crude, noisy, or contemptible person
Slang the mouth

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yapper noun
yappingly adverb

group of islands in the W Caroline Islands, W Pacific; part of Micronesia: 39 sq mi (101 sq km)

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verb yapped yapped, yap·ping, yaps

verb, intransitive

To bark sharply or shrilly; yelp.
Slang To talk noisily or stupidly; jabber.

verb, transitive

To utter by yapping.

noun

A sharp, shrill bark; a yelp.
Slang Noisy, stupid talk; jabber.
Slang The mouth: Shut your yap.
Slang A stupid, crude, or loud person.

Origin:

Origin: Probably imitative

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yapˈper noun

An island group and state of the Federated States of Micronesia in the western Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. Discovered by the Spanish in 1791, it became part of a Japanese mandate after 1920 and fell to U.S. forces in 1945.

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