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Recent Examples of yap
Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
But Playtime: Fulfillment might as well be a commercial, as a bicycle courier, played by Kevin Hart’s daughter Heaven, zips past PlayStation characters like Kratos and Sackboy while her famous dad yaps in her ear.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Abigail is also an expert in Gilmore Girls lore and yaps about romance novels on a podcast in her spare time.
—Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 10 Oct. 2024
And his stupid off field noise was a distraction and just overall dumb (why yap at Deebo shut up and play).
—Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 12 July 2024
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Noun
There was a riot of noise, the yaps and yelps of a hound pack fighting an animal on the ground.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
But Playtime: Fulfillment might as well be a commercial, as a bicycle courier, played by Kevin Hart’s daughter Heaven, zips past PlayStation characters like Kratos and Sackboy while her famous dad yaps in her ear.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
Abigail is also an expert in Gilmore Girls lore and yaps about romance novels on a podcast in her spare time.
—Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 10 Oct. 2024
And his stupid off field noise was a distraction and just overall dumb (why yap at Deebo shut up and play).
—Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 12 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yap
Noun
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Phenomenal world-of-mouth is more than making up for generally lousy reviews (its Rotten Tomatoes critics score is 40 percent).—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Apr. 2026
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Flint joined the scoring party in the 32nd minute with a header off her own miss from a tight angle on the left of the goal mouth.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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There’s also an inanimate object that directly affects Paul’s future so profoundly that this small prop might as well be a lurking, yammering figure in the diner.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
21 Feb. 2026
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But ultimately, it's created a lot of yammering and once everyone went to video and once old school mainstream show business started to collapse in on itself, people were really able through bubbles and tribalization, able to build their own show business empires.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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From mopane worms in Zimbabwe to yak butter tea in Tibet, people are willing to try almost anything these days.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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But yakking about redrawing California’s congressional maps is easy.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In it, the king is expected to discuss the United Kingdom’s relationship with the United States over the last 250 years and how the two nations have worked together to achievements in science, economics, innovation, international security and other fields.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Gulf leaders are scheduled to meet in Jeddah on Tuesday to discuss the conflict, the Strait of Hormuz, and Pakistan’s mediation efforts.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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There was no debate on education, for instance, the subject on which Cash had been most keen to expatiate; indeed, there were no debates at all.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
25 July 2024
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Ostensibly, further studies are encouraged to expatiate this understanding.—
Amber Smith,
Discover Magazine,
7 Jan. 2024
Verb
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Of course, no seder would be complete without everyone sitting at the table at the end of the night, totally stuffed and maybe a little tipsy, to chat and gossip about everyday life.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
24 Apr. 2026
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But for the most part, the ladies will just be themselves, gabbing (and gossiping) away.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Yap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yap. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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