yap
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8.5
- noun
- /jæp/
- Slang
:
pico
- - Shut your yap and get outside.
Examples
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Shut your yap!
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Shut your yap.
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And before you know it, yap yap yap.
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- Yap, yap, yap, yap, yap!
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Hey, listen, why don't you try shutting your yap for a minute?
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Shut your yap, Eddie.
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Man, I hate all that insincere, pious yap about "peace on earth, goodwill towards men."
Fiction book (1997) -
The other two answered her whines with strange yaps and growls.
Fiction book (1998) -
SHUT YER YAP AND SHUFFLE THEM FEET, AMIGO!
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He wouldn't stop talking; his constant yap made it hard to concentrate.
Synonyms
80
8.9
An impolite word for the mouth used when angry
37
8.8
The mouth, especially when used for talking or making noise
15
8.8
The mouth used for talking or eating
11
9.1
A wide open mouth of a hungry animal or thing that eats everything
2
9.8
The mouth someone uses when they talk too much or loudly
2
9.9
The mouth of a person, used in a rude or joking way to tell them to be quiet
1
9.9
A slang word for the mouth when someone talks loudly
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yap as a noun for the 'mouth' comes from the sharp sound of a small dog barking, because people used that noisy image to talk about the place that makes loud talk. So 'yap' can mean the mouth when we think of it as the source of annoying or noisy speech.