See yap in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"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": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "bakṇe",
"sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
"word": "बकणे"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
"word": "tagarelar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
"word": "parolar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
"word": "palrar"
},
{
"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": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
"word": "paluchear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
"word": "parlar"
},
{
"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": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
"word": "babbla"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
"word": "zırvalamak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
"word": "boş yapmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
"word": "çene çalmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
"word": "gevezelik etmek"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "slang: to talk, especially excessively",
"word": "bô bô"
}
],
"word": "yap"
}
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