yapped; yapping
yapper
noun
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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
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Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Ben and Tim go outside, yap some more, and Tim says that he's got his guard up.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 19 Mar. 2024
Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 10 Oct. 2024
Your new best friend will thank you—in licks, tail wags, and happy yaps, of course.
—Clarissa Schmidt, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2024
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Verb
No one can focus because every time Jeff chooses someone to yap about an irrelevant topic like the power of comradeship, the name changes behind them.
—Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Ben and Tim go outside, yap some more, and Tim says that he's got his guard up.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 19 Mar. 2024
Noun
Abigail is also an expert in Gilmore Girls lore and yaps about romance novels on a podcast in her spare time.
—Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 10 Oct. 2024
Your new best friend will thank you—in licks, tail wags, and happy yaps, of course.
—Clarissa Schmidt, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Yap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yap. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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