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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

YAP, to bark, is not a legitimate word.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: informal terms for the mouth [syn: trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob] v
1: bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped" [syn: yelp, yip, yap]

Merriam Webster's

or Uap geographical name islands W Carolines, part of Federated States of Micronesia • Yapese adjective

Merriam Webster's

I. intransitive verb (yapped; yapping) Etymology: imitative Date: 1596 1. to talk in a shrill insistent way ; chatter 2. to bark snappishly ; yelp • yapper noun II. noun Date: 1822 1. a. a quick sharp bark ; yelp b. shrill insistent talk ; chatter 2. an unsophisticated, ignorant, or uncouth person ; bumpkin 3. slang mouth

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.intr. (yapped, yapping) 1 bark shrilly or fussily. 2 colloq. talk noisily, foolishly, or complainingly. --n. a sound of yapping. Derivatives: yapper n. Etymology: imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Yap Yap, v. i. [Icel. gj[=a]lpa; akin to yelp. Cf. Yaup.] To bark; to yelp. --L'Estrange.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Yap Yap, n. A bark; a yelp.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(yaps, yapping, yapped) If a small dog yaps, it makes short loud sounds in an excited way. The little dog yapped frantically. VERB: V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. See yaup.

Moby Thesaurus

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