yap

6 definitions • 4 examples

If a small dog yaps, it makes short, high sounds:

She has a horrible little dog that yaps around your ankles.

to talk continuously:

I've just had my mother on the phone, yapping away for half an hour!

a short, high-pitched sound made by a dog:

The sound of barking bounces off the walls, with yaps and howls all jumbled together.

(of a small dog) to make short, high sounds

disapproving slang (of a person) To yap is to talk:

If you weren’t so busy yapping you wouldn’t have missed our exit.

abbreviation for Young Aspiring Professional: a young person who lives in a city, earns a lot of money, and spends it doing fashionable things and buying expensive possessions