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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : yap |
| Phonetic Transcription : yæp |
Definition of yap
Origin :- c.1600, probably of imitative origin. Originally in reference to dog sounds; meaning "to talk idle chatter" is first recorded 1886. Related: Yapped; yapping.
- verb bark
- verb chatter
- They probably think they can get quail on toast now if they yap for it.
- Extract from : « The Rainy Day Railroad War » by Holman Day
- It was too late to see them, and Con, who limped at my heels, had not a yap left in him.
- Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
- The glass and porcelain money on Yap must have come from China or Japan.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- In the second place there is no mound of sand in front of Yap Yap's doorway.
- Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
- He is to be feared most of all because he can follow Yap Yap down into his hole.
- Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
- He is called the barking deer, because he can bark or yap almost like a dog.
- Extract from : « The Wonders of the Jungle » by Prince Sarath Ghosh
- The coyotes broke out again; yap, yap, yap—then the high whine.
- Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
- The monosyllable escaped her lips like the yap of a dog at bay.
- Extract from : « The Rider of Waroona » by Firth Scott
- That yap up there at the top of the hill could have done this for you long ago.
- Extract from : « 'Me-Smith' » by Caroline Lockhart
- "I hear you're runnin' over to Yap, Mr. Grief," Cornelius went on.
- Extract from : « A Son Of The Sun » by Jack London
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