yap
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Yap
geographical name
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Definition of Yap (Entry 3 of 3)
Note: The Yap Islands are part of the Federated States of Micronesia.
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Other Words from yap
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Geographical name
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adjective
Synonyms for yap
Synonyms: Noun
chops, gob [chiefly British], kisser [slang], mouth, mug, piehole [slang], trap [slang]
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Examples of yap in a Sentence
Verb
The dog was yapping all night. Kids were yapping in the back of the room. She seems to spend all her time yapping on the phone.Noun
I heard yaps coming from the yard. a dope with a talent for opening his yap at exactly the wrong moment
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
All of this suggests that your co-worker who won’t stop yapping about how keto will change your life might be completely right. — Neil Swidey, BostonGlobe.com, "Diet advice changes by the minute. How are we supposed to figure out what to eat?," 20 Aug. 2019 Before any baby boomers start yapping about how millennials are too sensitive, please take a class in sarcasm, then consider wrapping up a gag gift or two to the beloved millennials in your life to help them build a thicker skin this holiday season. — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, "This Monopoly For Millennials Is The Funniest, But Cruelest Game Of The Holiday Season," 19 Nov. 2018 How to use it: When your dog won’t stop yapping, give it something to chew on. — Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, "Beyond bugs: 12 unique (and strange) ingredients at Mom's Organic Market and what to do with them," 16 May 2018 Both teams’ fans started chanting during the back-and-forth yapping between the players. — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan State's Jaren Jackson, Nick Ward benched for much of 2nd half," 3 Mar. 2018 Dogs of all colors and varieties yap from their crates. — Cynthia Hubert, sacbee, "Despite lots of barking and one bad bite, dogs still welcome at winter homeless shelter | The Sacramento Bee," 18 Feb. 2018 Wolff clearly seduced, weaseled, confused and finagled his sources to get them yapping. — Michael Miner, Chicago Reader, "Criminal Justice / Media / News Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury, and the question of when we get to say the hell with the rules," 11 Jan. 2018 The canine soldiers in Sacramento's booming marijuana wars snarl and yap inside their kennels at the Front Street Animal Shelter. — Cynthia Hubert, sacbee, "Marijuana guard dogs strain animal shelter as illegal pot grows rise in Sacramento," 27 June 2018 Before any baby boomers start yapping about how millennials are too sensitive, please take a class in sarcasm, then consider wrapping up a gag gift or two to the beloved millennials in your life to help them build a thicker skin this holiday season. — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, "This Monopoly For Millennials Is The Funniest, But Cruelest Game Of The Holiday Season," 19 Nov. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The source said Green sometimes personalizes his yaps at refs. — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, "Some fine tuning to keep the Warriors’ engine humming," 22 Feb. 2018 The perpetual disconnect between NBA refs and players has risen to a crisis level this season, in no small part because the best team can’t shut its yap and play ball. — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, "Love ’em or hate ’em, Warriors swagger into All-Star break," 15 Feb. 2018 Twitter Facebook − + sawdustInmyeye mpls1981 • 4 months ago Shut your yapsee more 1 • — Dave Orrick, Twin Cities, "Video captured Woodbury bus aide allegedly molesting 6 preschool girls," 9 Feb. 2017 But with half of Washington leaking to the other half, and with nobody in town including the president* able to keep their yaps shut, the whole government is throwing rods and leaking oil. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "Here's What You Get When You Put Joe Lieberman in There," 19 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'yap.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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