yap
verb
uk/jæp/us/jæp/-pp-[I]disapproving
If asmalldogyaps, it makesshort, highsounds:
（小狗）狂吠，吠叫She has ahorriblelittledogthat yaps aroundyourankles.她有一条讨厌的小狗，会在你脚边汪汪乱叫。
[Iusually+ adverb]informaldisapproving
totalkcontinuously:
喋喋不休地说话，唠叨I've just had mymotheron thephone, yappingawayforhalfanhour!我刚在跟妈妈打电话，她唠叨了半个小时！
Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bleat
- buzzy
- caterwauling
- chatter
- cockcrow
- coo
- cry
- hee-haw
- honk
- howling
- miaow
- moo
- peep
- purr
- quack
- squeak
- trill
- trumpet
- warble
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yap
noun[C]
uk/jæp/us/jæp/ashort,high-pitchedsoundmade by adog:
Thesoundofbarkingbouncesoff thewalls, with yaps andhowlsalljumbledtogether.
- Deepgrowls,full-scalebarkingand the yap ofpuppiesfilledtheairas wepassedthefarmhouse.
- When heknocked, there was a yap from her littledogbut nobodyanswered.
- He came up to her, snuffling,lettingout little,frenziedyaps ofdelight.
Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bleat
- buzzy
- caterwauling
- chatter
- cockcrow
- coo
- cry
- hee-haw
- honk
- howling
- miaow
- moo
- peep
- purr
- quack
- squeak
- trill
- trumpet
- warble