yappyadj.
/ˈjapi/, U.S. /ˈjæpi/ 1. Given to yapping.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]
wordyeOE
talewisec1200
i-worded?c1225
babblinga1250
cacklinga1250
chatteringa1250
speakfula1250
word-wooda1250
of many wordsc1350
janglingc1374
tatteringc1380
tongueya1382
ganglinga1398
readya1400
jargaunt1412
talkative1432
open-moutheda1470
clattering1477
trattling?a1513
windy1513
popping1528
smatteringa1529
rattle?1529
communicablea1533
blab1552
gaggling1553
long-tongued?1553
prittle-prattle1556
pattering1558
talking1560
bobling1566
gabbling1566
verbal1572
piet1573
twattling1573
flibber gibber1575
babblative1576
tickle-tongued1577
tattling1581
buzzing1587
long-winded1589
multiloquous1591
discoursive1599
rattling1600
glib1602
flippant1605
talkful1605
nimble-tongued1608
tongue-ripe1610
fliperous1611
garrulous?1611
futile1612
overspeaking1612
feather-tongueda1618
tongue-free1617
long-breatheda1628
well-breathed1635
multiloquious1640
untongue-tied1640
unretentive1650
communicative1651
linguacious1651
glibbed1654
largiloquent1656
multiloquent1656
parlagea1657
loose-clacked1661
nimble-chop1662
twit-twat1665
over-talkativea1667
loquacious1667
loudmouth1668
conversable1673
gash1681
narrative1681
chappy1693
apposite1701
conversative1703
gabbit1710
lubricous1715
gabby?1719
ventose1721
taleful1726
chatty?1741
blethering1759
renable1781
fetch-fire1784
conversational1799
conversant1803
gashing1808
long-lunged1815
talky1815
multi-loquacious1819
prolegomenous1822
talky-talky1831
nimble-mouthed1836
slipper1842
speechful1842
gassy1843
in great force1849
yattering1859
babbly1860
irreticent1864
chattable1867
lubrical1867
chattery1869
loose-mouthed1872
chinny1883
tongue-wagging1885
yappy1909
big-mouthed1914
loose-lipped1919
ear-bashing1945
ear-bending1946
yackety-yacking1953
nattering1959
yacking1959
woofy1960
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > howling or yelping
bawling1594
parlagea1657
yappeting1681
waffling1698
yamphing1728
yaffing1815
yap-yapping1865
yaffling1875
yappy1909
1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl.
1937 H. T. Miller Let me die Tuesday i. 12 You're a yappy kid with no bringing up whatever.
1977 R. Perry Dead End ii. 21 One yappy white poodle.
2. Suggestive of a dog's yap.
Π
1977 P. Carter Under Goliath vi. 31 He had a wee tight face like one of those little dogs that snap at your heels, and he had a voice like one, thin and yappy.
Derivatives
ˈyappiness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by > yelp > yelping
bawling1555
yawping1576
yelping1593
yapping1668
yappiness1928
1928 Daily Express 28 Aug. 4/4 Pekingese..are not addicted to ‘yappiness’, and thus differ from many toys.
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adj.1909