as in mouths
the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal
a dope with a talent for opening his yap at exactly the wrong moment
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Noun
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Give someone these Santa Maria Novella Melograno Bath Salts, tell them the history, and watch as their mouths gape in surprise.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026 -
My advice for all people who don’t care for him is to keep their mouths shut until someone has a method to get him out of office.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
10 Feb. 2026
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In the first, former Seattle Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander discusses significant changes in how NFL teams treat his former position.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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D’Amaro has built stronger relationships and discusses storytelling and creativity more fluently than Chapek did, even as his Hollywood experience is limited.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Yaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yaps. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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