I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dog yaps (= barks – used of small dogs )
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A little dog was yapping at her heels.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Some guy was yapping on his cell phone behind us.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It was one of those little rats on leashes that lead women around Paris, yapping.
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Jennie always had two of the same breed yapping away in her office.
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Lorton opened the door, and the dachshund rushed in, yapping furiously.
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Six foot high and floodlit, they winked, mewed and yapped when the door bell was rung.
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Then up again, yapping excitedly.
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These lackeys of bourgeois criticism can yap in vain.
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They were small and they yapped.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I just wish Rob would keep his yap shut.