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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of yap" class="word__name--TTbAA">yap<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>1660s, "bark as a (small) dog," earlier as a noun, "yapping dog" (c. 1600), probably of imitative origin. Compare verb <span class="foreign notranslate">yamph</span> in same sense (1718), and Middle English <span class="foreign notranslate">wap</span> (v.) "bark, bay," mid-15c., imitative. Originally in reference to dog sounds; the meaning "to talk idle chatter" is first recorded 1886. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Yapped</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">yapping</span>. As a noun, 1826 in reference to the sound; 1900, American English slang as "mouth."</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1660s">1660s</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to yap">Entries linking to <i>yap</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of yappy" href="/word/yappy#etymonline_v_40277">yappy<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>1909, from <a href="/word/yap" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of yap " class="crossreference notranslate">yap</a> + <a href="/word/-y#etymonline_v_25631" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -y " class="crossreference notranslate">-y</a> (2).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of yap">Trends of <i>yap</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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