yap.
The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar.
Meaning & usage
The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar.
Casual talk; chatter.
The mouth, which produces speech.
Shut your yap!
A badly behaved person, especially a child.
A fool.
Where this word comes from
Probably of imitative origin. Alternatively, from dialectal yap, yaup, yalp (“to yap, yelp”). More at yelp.
Of a small dog, to bark.
To talk, especially excessively; to chatter.
You’re always yapping, I wish you’d shut up.
To rob or steal from (someone).
Where this word comes from
Probably of imitative origin. Alternatively, from dialectal yap, yaup, yalp (“to yap, yelp”). More at yelp.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.