yaffv.
/jaf/, U.S. /jɑf/, Scottish English /jaf/ Scottish and northern dialect.
intransitive. To bark, yelp; also, to prate, nag.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter
chavel?c1225
babblea1250
chattera1250
clacka1250
janglea1300
ganglec1300
clapc1315
mumblec1350
blabberc1375
carp1377
tatterc1380
garre1382
rattlec1400
clatter1401
chimec1405
gabc1405
pattera1450
smattera1450
languetc1450
pratec1460
chat1483
jabber1499
clittera1529
cackle1530
prattle1532
blatter1533
blab1535
to run on pattens1546
tattle1547
prittle-prattlea1555
trattlea1555
tittle-tattle1556
quiddlea1566
brabble1570
clicket1570
twattle1573
gabble1574
prittle1583
to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597
to word it1612
deblaterate1623
tongue1624
twitter1630
snatter1647
oversay1656
whiffle1706
to gallop away1711
splutter1728
gob1770
gibble-gabble1775
palaver1781
to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785
gammon1789
witter1808
yabble1808
yaff1808
mag1810
chelp1820
tongue-pad1825
yatter1825
potter1826
chipper1829
jaw-jaw1831
buzz1832
to shoot off one's mouth1864
yawp1872
blate1878
chin1884
yap1888
spiel1894
to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895
to run off at the mouth1908
chattermag1909
clatfart1913
to talk a streak1915
to run one's mouth1916
natter1942
ear-bash1944
rabbit1950
yack1950
yacker1961
to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965
yacket1969
to twat on1996
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > bark
barkc885
galec1275
abayc1400
baffc1440
bawl1556
waff1570
baugh1576
prate1592
gladish1608
waffle1698
yamph1718
woof1804
allatrate1806
yaff1808
bow-wow1832
yaffle1847
kyoodle1935
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > howl or yelp
galec1275
yawpc1400
baffc1440
yelp1553
bawl1556
waff1570
bewh1581
yap1668
yamph1718
nyaff1808
yaff1808
yaffle1847
yappet1868
ki-yi1869
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To Yaff,..1. To bark,..to yelp,..2. To prate, to talk pertly.
a1878 G. J. Laurie in J. MacIntosh Poets of Ayrshire (1910) 205 He'll row for fun amang the snaw, And syne yaff at the moon.
Derivatives
yaff n. a bark or yelp.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by > bark
bark1550
yaff1609
bow-wow1785
wough1824
wuff1824
yamph1832
yaffle1836
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by > yelp
yelp?a1513
yaff1609
yap1826
yamph1832
yaffle1836
ki-yi1884
1609 T. Ravenscroft Deuteromelia 21 With all the hounds at her tail! With ‘yeaffe a yaffe! yeaffe a yaffe!’
ˈyaffing n. and adj.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chattering
chaveling?c1225
janglingc1330
jangleryc1374
tatteringc1380
ganglinga1387
clatteringc1400
babbling?c1430
languetingc1450
pratinga1470
cackling1530
prattling1530
tattling1547
gaggling1548
clicketing1575
twattling1577
clacking1594
gabbling1599
blattering1604
snuttering1693
futileness1727
rattling1753
gabbering1798
magginga1800
yaffing1815
deblateration1817
tattlement1837
nattering1859
spieling1859
yattering1859
chatteration1862
quiddling1870
windjamming1886
waffling1958
motormouthing1981
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > that barks
wappingc1440
barking1552
boughing1566
yamphing1728
yaffing1815
yaffling1875
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > howling or yelping
bawling1594
parlagea1657
yappeting1681
waffling1698
yamphing1728
yaffing1815
yap-yapping1865
yaffling1875
yappy1909
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. i. 9 Will ye no let me hear what the man wants, wi' your yaffing?
1844 G. J. Pennington Pronunc. Greek 22 A yaffing cur.
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