yapverb
uk/jæp/us/jæp/-pp-[ I ] disapproving If a small dog yaps, it makes short, high sounds:
She has a horrible little dog that yaps around your ankles.
[ I usually + adverb ] informal disapproving to talk continuously:
I've just had my mother on the phone, yapping away for half an hour!
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Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bark
- bellow
- caterwaul
- caw
- cluck
- coo
- growl
- hiss
- howling
- oink
- peep
- snarl
- squawk
- squee
- trumpet
- whimper
- woof
- yip
- yowl
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Ways of talking
yap
noun [ C ] ukus
yappy
adjective uk/ˈjæp.i/us/ˈjæp.i/
a yappy little dog