"yap" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /jæp/ Audio: En-au-yap.ogg [Australia] Forms: yaps [plural]
Rhymes: -æp 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|yap}} yap, {{m|en|yaup}} yaup, {{m|en|yalp|t=to yap, yelp}} yalp (“to yap, yelp”), {{inh|en|enm|ȝelpen|ȝælpen}} Middle English ȝælpen, {{m|enm|yelpen|t=to yelp}} yelpen (“to yelp”), {{m|en|yelp}} yelp Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} yap (countable and uncountable, plural yaps)
  1. (countable) The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar. Tags: countable Translations (high-pitched bark): джавкане (džavkane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), štěknutí [neuter] (Czech), ňafnutí [neuter] (Czech), gekef [neuter] (Dutch), jelpo (Esperanto), räksytys (Finnish), räkytys (Finnish), წკავწკავი (c̣ḳavc̣ḳavi) (Georgian), ყეფა (q̇epa) (Georgian), Japsen [neuter] (German), Kläffen [neuter] (German), Gekläffe [neuter] (German), sceamh [feminine] (Irish), тяв-тя́в (tjav-tjáv) [neuter] (Russian), тя́вканье (tjávkanʹje) [neuter] (Russian), ladrido [masculine] (Spanish), gañido [masculine] (Spanish), trino [masculine] (Spanish), quejido [masculine] (Spanish), gläfs [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-yap-en-noun-aRqDg5Ux Disambiguation of 'high-pitched bark': 77 17 2 3
  2. (uncountable, slang) Casual talk; chatter. Tags: slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-yap-en-noun-zKjEj145 Disambiguation of Talking: 3 39 11 8 4 30 4
  3. (countable, slang, derogatory) The mouth, which produces speech. Tags: countable, derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-yap-en-noun-DfK6D2~c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 17 32 8 6 11 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 16 35 10 5 12 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 10 36 12 6 8 11
  4. (countable, Geordie) A badly behaved child; a brat. Tags: Geordie, countable
    Sense id: en-yap-en-noun-JieVqkLM Categories (other): Geordie English

Verb

IPA: /jæp/ Audio: En-au-yap.ogg [Australia] Forms: yaps [present, singular, third-person], yapping [participle, present], yapped [participle, past], yapped [past]
Rhymes: -æp 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en|yap}} yap, {{m|en|yaup}} yaup, {{m|en|yalp|t=to yap, yelp}} yalp (“to yap, yelp”), {{inh|en|enm|ȝelpen|ȝælpen}} Middle English ȝælpen, {{m|enm|yelpen|t=to yelp}} yelpen (“to yelp”), {{m|en|yelp}} yelp Head templates: {{en-verb}} yap (third-person singular simple present yaps, present participle yapping, simple past and past participle yapped)
  1. (intransitive) Of a small dog, to bark. Tags: intransitive Translations (of a small dog, to bark): джавкам (džavkam) (Bulgarian), ňafat [imperfective] (Czech), štěkat [imperfective] (Czech), keffen (Dutch), jelpi (Esperanto), räksyttää (Finnish), japper (French), kläffen (German), sceamh (Irish), きゃんきゃんほえる (kyankyan hoeru) (Japanese), тя́вкать (tjávkatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), тя́вкнуть (tjávknutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ladrar (Spanish), gañir (Spanish), bjäbba (Swedish), bjäfsa (Swedish), småskälla (Swedish), gläfsa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-yap-en-verb-hR5wOKEU Disambiguation of 'of a small dog, to bark': 96 3 1
  2. (intransitive, slang) To talk, especially excessively; to chatter. Tags: intransitive, slang Translations (slang: to talk, especially excessively): дърдоря (dǎrdorja) (Bulgarian), žvanit [imperfective] (Czech), kecat [imperfective] (Czech), vortmueli (Esperanto), blablai (Esperanto), lätistä (Finnish), pölistä (Finnish), jacasser (French), ლაყბობა (laq̇boba) (Georgian), ყბედობა (q̇bedoba) (Georgian), ぺちゃくちゃしゃべる (pechakucha shaberu) (Japanese), болта́ть (boltátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), трепа́ться (trepátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), bleadraig (Scottish Gaelic), cotorrear (Spanish), parlotear (Spanish), bjäbba (Swedish), pladdra (Swedish), zırvalamak (Turkish), bô bô (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-yap-en-verb-JlIOSiIU Disambiguation of 'slang: to talk, especially excessively': 1 94 5
  3. (transitive, slang) To rob or steal from (someone). Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-yap-en-verb-ku~WRFYo

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for yap meaning in English (14.1kB)

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          "word": "дърдоря"
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          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "žvanit"
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          "_dis1": "1 94 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "_dis1": "1 94 5",
          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "word": "vortmueli"
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          "_dis1": "1 94 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "word": "blablai"
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          "_dis1": "1 94 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "word": "lätistä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "word": "pölistä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "word": "jacasser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "laq̇boba",
          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "word": "ლაყბობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "q̇bedoba",
          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "word": "ყბედობა"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "pechakucha shaberu",
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          "word": "ぺちゃくちゃしゃべる"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "boltátʹ",
          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "болта́ть"
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          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "трепа́ться"
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          "_dis1": "1 94 5",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "word": "bleadraig"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "word": "cotorrear"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "word": "parlotear"
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          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "word": "bjäbba"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "word": "pladdra"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "word": "zırvalamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 5",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
          "word": "bô bô"
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      ],
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    }
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        "The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar."
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          "ref": "1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 59",
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        "(countable, Geordie) A badly behaved child; a brat."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "džavkane",
      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "джавкане"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
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        "neuter"
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      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "gekef"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
      "word": "jelpo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
      "word": "räksytys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
      "word": "räkytys"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣ḳavc̣ḳavi",
      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
      "word": "წკავწკავი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "q̇epa",
      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
      "word": "ყეფა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Japsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ga",
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      ],
      "word": "тяв-тя́в"
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      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
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      ],
      "word": "тя́вканье"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
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      ],
      "word": "ladrido"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
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      ],
      "word": "gañido"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
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      ],
      "word": "trino"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quejido"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "high-pitched bark",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gläfs"
    }
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}

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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "džavkam",
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      "word": "джавкам"
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      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
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      "word": "ňafat"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
      "word": "keffen"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
      "word": "jelpi"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
      "word": "räksyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
      "word": "japper"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
      "word": "kläffen"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
      "word": "sceamh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyankyan hoeru",
      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
      "word": "きゃんきゃんほえる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjávkatʹ",
      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "тя́вкать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tjávknutʹ",
      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "тя́вкнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
      "word": "ladrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
      "word": "gañir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
      "word": "bjäbba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
      "word": "bjäfsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
      "word": "småskälla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of a small dog, to bark",
      "word": "gläfsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dǎrdorja",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "word": "дърдоря"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "žvanit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kecat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "word": "vortmueli"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "word": "blablai"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "word": "lätistä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "word": "pölistä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "word": "jacasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "laq̇boba",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "word": "ლაყბობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "q̇bedoba",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "word": "ყბედობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pechakucha shaberu",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "word": "ぺちゃくちゃしゃべる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "boltátʹ",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "болта́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trepátʹsja",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "трепа́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "word": "bleadraig"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "word": "cotorrear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "word": "parlotear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "word": "bjäbba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "word": "pladdra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "word": "zırvalamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
      "word": "bô bô"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yap"
}

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