Meaning & use
Yappy
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Given to frequent, sharp, high-pitched barking, or, by extension, excessively and irritatingly talkative.
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The neighbor's yappy little terrier barked at every passerby.
He found his yappy colleague exhausting after a full day of meetings.
A note on using this word
Formed from the verb 'yap', imitative of a small dog's sharp bark, and later extended humorously to chatty people.
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