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  • present tense form of yap (3rd person singular).
  • plural of yap.

yaps



VERB
bark
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She squints as if through cigarette smoke, and yaps: “I don’t know, Naomi! It was just the look in yer eye!”

From The Guardian Jul. 15, 2017

There were a few joggers and a couple of people fishing directly from the beach, but it was otherwise peaceful, punctuated only by the dull roar of lapping waves and Tobi’s occasional yaps.

From New York Times Dec. 30, 2016

A small boy half-heartedly kicks a deflated plastic ball in and out of the parked cars and a dog, home alone in one of the terraced houses, repeatedly yaps his indignation.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2016

And yet it’s hard to deny the pleasure of watching somebody who yaps and yaps and yaps and then goes right out there and delivers on the yap.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 14, 2015

While Tater gushed, all the humans heard was a frantic series of high-pitched yaps.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein



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