Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to yap
Participle: yapped
Gerund: yapping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | yap |
| you | yap |
| he;she;it | yaps |
| we | yap |
| you | yap |
| they | yap |
Perfect
| I | have yapped |
| you | have yapped |
| he;she;it | has yapped |
| we | have yapped |
| you | have yapped |
| they | have yapped |
Past
| I | yapped |
| you | yapped |
| he;she;it | yapped |
| we | yapped |
| you | yapped |
| they | yapped |
Pluperfect
| I | had yapped |
| you | had yapped |
| he;she;it | had yapped |
| we | had yapped |
| you | had yapped |
| they | had yapped |
Future
| I | will yap |
| you | will yap |
| he;she;it | will yap |
| we | will yap |
| you | will yap |
| they | will yap |
Future Perfect
| I | will have yapped |
| you | will have yapped |
| he;she;it | will have yapped |
| we | will have yapped |
| you | will have yapped |
| they | will have yapped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | yap |
| you | yap |
| he;she;it | yap |
| we | yap |
| you | yap |
| they | yap |
Perfect
| I | have yapped |
| you | have yapped |
| he;she;it | have yapped |
| we | have yapped |
| you | have yapped |
| they | have yapped |
Imperfect
| I | yapped |
| you | yapped |
| he;she;it | yapped |
| we | yapped |
| you | yapped |
| they | yapped |
Pluperfect
| I | had yapped |
| you | had yapped |
| he;she;it | had yapped |
| we | had yapped |
| you | had yapped |
| they | had yapped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would yap |
| you | would yap |
| he;she;it | would yap |
| we | would yap |
| you | would yap |
| they | would yap |
Perfect
| I | would have yapped |
| you | would have yapped |
| he;she;it | would have yapped |
| we | would have yapped |
| you | would have yapped |
| they | would have yapped |
Imperative
| you | yap |
| we | Let's yap |
| you | yap |
Verbs conjugated like 'yap'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'yap'
bap,
cap,
dap,
fap,
gap,
hap,
jap,
Jap,
lap,
map,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To talk, especially excessively.
- speak
- to talk too much; to talk idly
- babble, bat the breeze, blab, blabber, blather, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, chinwag, chit-chat, chunner, clack, claver, clepe, drivel, gabble, gibber, go on, jabber, maunder, natter, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, rabbit, rabbit on, ramble, shoot the breeze, shoot the bull, shoot the shit, smatter, tattle, twaddle, waffle, wibble, witter, yabber, yack, yatter
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1603, probably of imitative origin. Originally in ref. to dog sounds; meaning "to talk idle chatter" is first recorded 1886.
2. Probably of imitative origin. Alternatively, from dialectal yap, yaup, yalp (“to yap, yelp”). More at yelp.
Verbs referencing "yap"
French
japper.
Sample Sentences
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You’re always yapping, I wish you’d shut up.
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Ante up! Yap that fool! [2000, M.O.P., Ante Up:]