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yaps

yaps is the plural of yap.

yaps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of yap.

Meaning of yap

Noun

yap (countable and uncountable, plural yaps)

  1. (countable) The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar.
  2. (slang, uncountable) Casual talk; chatter.
    • Had I taken his accusations seriously I might have recommended a change in my under-managership, but I never could translate our jammy products into gas or explosives or even poison. Still yap, at least as concerned Beldite's.1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 59
  3. (countable, derogatory, slang) The mouth, which produces speech.
    • Shut your yap!
  4. (Geordie, countable) A badly behaved person, especially a child.
  5. (dated, slang) A fool.

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Phrases with yaps

Questions about yaps

What is yaps the plural of?
Yaps is the plural of yap.

Words near yaps in the dictionary

  1. yappologists
  2. yapps
  3. yappuccino
  4. yappuccinos
  5. yappy
  6. yaps
  7. yapsin
  8. yapsins
  9. Yapton
  10. yapunyah
  11. yapunyahs

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