Meaning of Yap | Babel Free

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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