yap

Meaning

Noun

1. The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar.
2. (slang) Casual talk; chatter.
3. (slang) The mouth, which produces speech.
4. A badly behaved person, especially a child.

Verb

1. Of a small dog, to bark.
2. (slang) To talk, especially excessively; to chatter.
3. (slang) To rob or steal from (someone).

Synonyms

yelp

bark

yip

chatter

jabber

twaddle

babble

bay

blabber

gob

gossip

hole

🕳️

maw

prattle

spit

splutter

sputter

trap

🪤

yelping

cakehole

neb

nozzle

palaver

prate

yammer

ruff

snout

blather

rattle away

blab

tattle

tittle tattle

yabber

clack

gab

gabble

gibber

arf

waffle

🧇

woof

chops

yak

muzzle

natter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/jæp/

Etymology

Probably of imitative origin. Alternatively, from dialectal yap, yaup, yalp (“to yap, yelp”), from Middle English ȝælpen, variant of yelpen (“to yelp”). More at yelp.