yap

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

1. (intransitive) Of a small dog, to bark.
2. (intransitive, slang) To talk, especially excessively; to chatter.
3. (slang, transitive) 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

Translations

japper

keffen

guaire

Maul

kläffen

gañir

ladrar

γαυγίζω

quasseln

guiato

ladrido

jappement

γκρινιάζω

γαύγισμα

chiaccherio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/jæp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ȝelpen

In summary

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.