👄 The mouth (slang) 🗣️ A talkative person 🐶 A small dog

yapper

2 9.8

The mouth someone uses when they talk too much or loudly

noun
/ˈjæpər/

Slang

: pico

Research before you open your yapper.
shut your yapper

So but I stood my ground baby, and let my yappers shine.

Examples

(I really hope they shut their yapper and just move on if they don't like your work or pricing, like they should!)

Blog text (1)
>> [ LAUGHS ] YAPPER, JUST LIKE YOU.

Beyond the Trophy (2012)
Any yard could probably fit this pool inside it, so maybe we should just shut our yapper.

Blog text (1)
-And, Otto, close your yapper!

Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
So but I stood my ground baby, and let my yappers shine.

Theo Von
As soon as ol' spud butt here shuts his yapper.

A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
I just couldn't believe this came out of Letterman's sleazy yapper.

Blog text (1)
Shut "yer" yappers!

Happy, Texas (1999)
Stop talking and let me explain; your yapper has been going non-stop.
She never lets anyone else speak; her yapper is always running.

Synonyms

yap

vsyapper

Slang

33 8.5

The mouth used for talking or making noise

places more weight on excessive or noisy talking specifically

kisser

vsyapper

Slang

3 8.4

A person's mouth or lips

focuses on noisy or excessive talking rather than affection

bazoo

vsyapper

Archaic

1 9.9

A slang word for the mouth when someone talks loudly

is used more for talking too much rather than just loudness

Surface Forms

yapper singular

yappers plural

Morphology

yapper = yap (semi-transparent) = yap + er

The agentive form is metaphorically extended to mean 'mouth' (the source of yapping), which is a figurative shift not directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

Yapper for the 'mouth' also comes from the sound yap; if someone's mouth keeps making noise it is like a little dog that 'yaps', so the word is used as a slang name for the mouth or for someone who talks too much.