"yap" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /jæp/ Audio: en-au-yap.ogg [Australia] Forms: yap [canonical], yaps [third-person, singular], yapped [past], yapped [past, participle], yapping [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|yap|p}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If a tiny dog yaps, then it makes short loud sounds, but in an excited way.
    Sense id: simple-yap-en-verb-CAiPjJRr
  2. If you say that somebody yaps, you mean that they talk a lot in an obnoxious way.
    Sense id: simple-yap-en-verb-Ro~mOW22
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        {
          "text": "Matthew loves to yap, and will always do so."
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