0 If a small dog yaps, it makes short, high sounds: --
I've just had my mother on the phone, yapping away for half an hour!
She has a horrible little dog that yaps around your ankles.
1 a short, high-pitched sound made by a dog: --
The sound of barking bounces off the walls, with yaps and howls all jumbled together.
2 (of a small dog) to make short, high sounds --
If you weren’t so busy yapping you wouldn’t have missed our exit.
3 abbreviation for Young Aspiring Professional: a young person who lives in a city, earns a lot of money, and spends it doing fashionable things and buying expensive possessions --
He came up to her, snuffling, letting out little, frenzied yaps of delight.
When he knocked, there was a yap from her little dog but nobody answered.
Deep growls, full-scale barking and the yap of puppies filled the air as we passed the farmhouse.
NOVÉ SLOVÁ
European
May 10, 2021
SLOVO DŇA
Shimmer
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