yap
verb/jæp/
/jæp/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they yap | /jæp/ /jæp/ |
| he / she / it yaps | /jæps/ /jæps/ |
| past simple yapped | /jæpt/ /jæpt/ |
| past participle yapped | /jæpt/ /jæpt/ |
| -ing form yapping | /ˈjæpɪŋ/ /ˈjæpɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] yap (at somebody/something) (especially of small dogs) to bark a lot, making a high, sharp and usually annoying sound
- The dogs yapped at his heels.
- yapping dogs
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- [intransitive] (informal) to talk in a silly, noisy and usually annoying way
Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a dog that yaps): imitative.
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