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YAP

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Irregular inflected forms: yapped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, yapping  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal terms for the mouthplay

Synonyms:

cakehole; gob; hole; maw; trap; yap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("yap" is a kind of...):

mouth; oral cavity; oral fissure; rima oris (the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge)

 II. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they yap  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it yaps  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: yapped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: yapped  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: yapping  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bark in a high-pitched toneplay

Example:

the puppies yelped

Synonyms:

yap; yelp; yip

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "yap" is one way to...):

bark (make barking sounds)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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