The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TRAP , but the solution may also be GAB which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Yap crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TRAP | 19 % | 4 |
| MOUTH | 13 % | 5 |
| KISSER | 13 % | 6 |
| GAB | 13 % | 3 |
| BARK | 6 % | 4 |
| FLAPONESGUMS | 6 % | 12 |
| PRATE | 6 % | 5 |
| PIEHOLE | 6 % | 7 |
| JABBER | 6 % | 6 |
| YELP | 6 % | 4 |
| TALKON | 6 % | 6 |
Why may GAB be the right solution?
"Yap" is a synonym for chattering or talking, and "GAB" is a word that means to talk informally or chat. So, "GAB" is the right solution to the clue "Yap."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Yap
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- yip
- maw
- yelp
- hole
- trap
- yeh
- jap
- salazar
- chatter
- leaf
- jaap
- pos
Crossword Answer definitions
TRAP noun- A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
- A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
- A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
- A kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.
- A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball
- The game of trapball itself.
- Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
- A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
- A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
- A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
- A person's mouth.
- (in the plural) Belongings.
- A cubicle (in a public toilet).
- Trapshooting.
- A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
- An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
- A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
- A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold. (Also used attributively to describe things which are used for the sale of drugs, e.g. "a trap phone", "a trap car".)
- A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko.
- A trans woman, transfeminine person, or crossdressing man.
- A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
- The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
- To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
- To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
- To provide with a trap.
- To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game
- To leave suddenly, to flee.
- To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
- To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
- To attend to and open and close a (trap-)door.
- A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
- To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
- The trapezius muscle.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TRAP
- "The Parent ____"
- "The Tender ___"
- Clay-pigeon launcher
- Mouth, slangily
- Pitfall
- Ensnare
- Golf course hazard
- Golf hazard
- Headache for Tiger Woods
- Lint spot
More clues leading to the result MOUTH
- Roof location
- Talking point
- Where a river meets the ocean, say
- Form words silently
- Source of many words
- Word before wash or organ
- It may be open or shut
- The part of a gift horse you shouldn't inspect, it's said
- It's right under your nose
- Trap, so to speak
More clues leading to the result KISSER
- Trap DOWN
- Osculating fan
- Puss
- Mouth
- Yap
- Mouth, so to speak
- Mug
- Trap
- Mouth, slangily
- Tough guy's word for face.
More clues leading to the result GAB
- Chatter
- Chew the fat
- Gift, to some
- Chew the rag
- It can be a gift
- It's a gift
- Chat
- Yak
- Buzz
- Go on and on and on
More clues leading to the result BARK
- Do some carny work
- Give a carnival spiel
- Kennel comment
- 8-Down covering
- Large sailing ship
- Reply to "Speak!"
- Say "Woof!"
- Fir coat
- Mulch material
- White part of a white birch
More clues leading to the result FLAPONESGUMS
More clues leading to the result PRATE
- Babble
- Chatter away
- Chatter
- Babble nonsense
- Chatter idly
- Ramble on
- Talk foolishly
- Chatter and blab
- Babble on
- Talk, talk, talk
More clues leading to the result PIEHOLE
More clues leading to the result JABBER
- Talk fast
- Talk nonsense
- Carry on
- Talk idly
- Talk incoherently
- Talk on and on, and a hint to the three-letter starts of 16-, 22-, 43- and 51-Across
- Yak
- Go on and on
- Talk too much
- Chatter
More clues leading to the result YELP
- Pound sound
- Pomeranian bark
- Short bark
- Website with menus
- Site for getting back at the restaurant where you got food poisoning
- Verb that's come to mean "check if a restaurant is any good"
- Online review site
- Sitting-on-a-tack response
- Shrill bark
- Shrill cry