Yap Definition

yăp
yapped, yapping, yaps
verb
yapped, yapping, yaps
To make a sharp, shrill bark or yelp.
Webster's New World
To talk noisily and stupidly; jabber.
Webster's New World
To utter by yapping.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
A sharp, shrill bark or yelp.
Webster's New World
Noisy, stupid talk; jabber.
Webster's New World
A crude, noisy, or contemptible person.
Webster's New World
The mouth.
Webster's New World

(Geordie) A badly behaved child, a brat.

Wiktionary
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proper name
Group of islands in the W Caroline Islands, W Pacific; part of Micronesia: 39 sq mi (101 sq km)
Webster's New World
pronoun

An atoll in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia.

Wiktionary
other
An island group and state of the Federated States of Micronesia in the western Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. Part of a Japanese mandate after 1920, it fell to US forces in 1945. Yap is noted for the large stone disks traditionally used as money by the native population.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Yap

Noun

Singular:
yap
Plural:
yaps

Origin of Yap

  • Probably imitative

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Yap Sentence Examples

  • The trenches of Yap (4122 fathoms) and Palau (Pelew) (4450 fathoms) are not immediately connected with that of Marianne.

  • These were contested by Germany, whose flag was hoisted on Yap, and the matter was referred to the arbitration of Pope Leo XIII.

  • Diogenes Laertius says, "If the gods use dialectic, they can use none other than that of Chrysippus"; A yap v Xpuvciriros, oinc av i v Ewa, ("Without Chrysippus, there had been no Porch").

  • The islands were bought by Germany from Spain in 1899, and are administered together with the western Carolines, Yap being the administrative centre.

  • Frazer both explain Pasiphae's monstrous union as a sacred ceremony (iepos yap,os), at which the queen of Cnossus was wedded to a bull-formed god, just as the wife of the iip X wv lwnXein in Athens was wedded to Dionysus.

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Words Starting With

YYAYAP

Words Ending With

PAPYAP

Unscrambles

yap

Words Starting With Y and Ending With P

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With Y3 Letter Words Ending With P