Yap

Definitions

1. An island in the Caroline Islands of western Micronesia.
2. A Chinese surname from Hokkien or Hakka.
3. The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar.
   countable
4. Casual talk; chatter.
   slang, uncountable
5. The mouth, which produces speech.
   countable, derogatory, slang
6. A badly behaved person, especially a child.
   Geordie, countable
7. A fool.
   countable, dated, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Had I taken his accusations seriously I might have⟳ recommended a change⟳ in my under-managership, but I never could translate⟳ our jammy products into gas or explosives or even poison. Still yap, at least as concerned Beldite's.”

“They couldn’t rise⟳ above their calls for peace. Those who weren’t “defenders of the fatherland” were incapable of anything except yap and blather about “stopping the war.””

“Shut⟳ your yap!”

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