YAP (yapped, yapping)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: yapped    , yapping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does yap mean? 

• YAP (noun)
  The noun YAP has 1 sense:

1. informal terms for the mouth

  Familiarity information: YAP used as a noun is very rare.

• YAP (verb)
  The verb YAP has 1 sense:

1. bark in a high-pitched tone

  Familiarity information: YAP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal terms for the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cakehole; gob; hole; maw; trap; yap

Hypernyms ("yap" is a kind of...):

mouth; oral cavity; oral fissure; rima oris (the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge)

• YAP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they yap    ... he / she / it yaps   
Past simple: yapped   
Past participle: yapped   
-ing form: yapping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bark in a high-pitched tone

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

yap; yelp; yip

Context example:

the puppies yelped

Hypernyms (to "yap" is one way to...):

bark (make barking sounds)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

Challenger smiled with weary and tolerant contempt, as a kindly man would meet the yapping of a litter of puppies.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As he stood with his pale, calm face and fine figure, I had never seen him to greater advantage, for he seemed, with all his elegance, to have a quiet air of domination amongst these fierce fellows, like a huntsman walking carelessly through a springing and yapping pack.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The gentle rustle of the branches and the distant cooing of pigeons were the only sounds which broke in upon the silence, save that once Alleyne heard afar off a merry call upon a hunting bugle and the shrill yapping of the hounds.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)