dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/yap_MW.json
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{
"yap":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a quick sharp bark : yelp":[],
": an unsophisticated, ignorant, or uncouth person : bumpkin":[],
": mouth":[],
": shrill insistent talk : chatter":[],
": to bark snappishly : yelp":[],
": to talk in a shrill insistent way : chatter":[],
"islands in the western Carolines population 11,377":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The dog was yapping all night.",
"Kids were yapping in the back of the room.",
"She seems to spend all her time yapping on the phone.",
"Noun",
"I heard yaps coming from the yard.",
"a dope with a talent for opening his yap at exactly the wrong moment",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But choosing a breed that's less likely to yap at every stimuli can set you up for success, too. \u2014 Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping , 27 June 2022",
"They yap and annoy you and run around in circles endlessly. \u2014 Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life , 24 Nov. 2020",
"And dogs have been known to yap and masticate their displeasure. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Aug. 2020",
"The photo gave a glimpse of Mr. Bezos\u2019 puppy, which sometimes yaps during calls, and the Saltillo tile at his West Texas ranch. \u2014 Karen Weise, New York Times , 22 Apr. 2020",
"The feisty players took turns yapping at each other and officials. \u2014 Mark Medina, USA TODAY , 20 Dec. 2019",
"Poole animatedly exulted, and yapped , all the way back downcourt. \u2014 Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com , 27 Nov. 2019",
"As for the Tigers\u2019 early yapping in the budding SEC West rivalry",
"While modern socialists yap on about free college, paid for by other people\u2019s money, his money is actually providing free college. \u2014 Jon Caldara, The Denver Post , 22 Nov. 2019",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"No texting, no soda-sucking, and no chatter, save for a thoughtful yap every now and then. \u2014 Anthony Lane, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2020",
"More Stories Nine also marks the band\u2019s second album since the departure of DeLonge, whose utterly distinctive yap has been replaced by the more generic emo voice of Alkaline Trio\u2019s Matt Skiba. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 20 Sep. 2019",
"Some offer support via timely yaps , others by quiet companionship. \u2014 Natasha Frost, Quartzy , 11 Sep. 2019",
"The source said Green sometimes personalizes his yaps at refs. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Feb. 2018",
"The perpetual disconnect between NBA refs and players has risen to a crisis level this season, in no small part because the best team can\u2019t shut its yap and play ball. \u2014 Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 Feb. 2018",
"Twitter Facebook \u2212 + sawdustInmyeye mpls1981 \u2022 4 months ago Shut your yap see more 1 \u2022 \u2014 Dave Orrick, Twin Cities , 9 Feb. 2017",
"But with half of Washington leaking to the other half, and with nobody in town including the president* able to keep their yaps shut, the whole government is throwing rods and leaking oil. \u2014 Charles P. Pierce, Esquire , 19 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1596, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1822, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"imitative":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8yap",
"\u02c8y\u00e4p"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"chops",
"gob",
"kisser",
"mouth",
"mug",
"piehole",
"trap"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-073955",
"type":[
"adjective",
"geographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}