| yap | | |
| n. (body) | 1. cakehole, gob, hole, maw, trap, yap | informal terms for the mouth. |
| ~ mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris | the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge.; "he stuffed his mouth with candy" |
| v. (communication) | 2. yap, yelp, yip | bark in a high-pitched tone.; "the puppies yelped" |
| ~ bark | make barking sounds.; "The dogs barked at the stranger" |
| babble | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. babble, babbling, lallation | gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby. |
| ~ gibber, gibberish | unintelligible talking. |
| v. (communication) | 2. babble | utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way.; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention" |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| v. (communication) | 3. babble, blather, blether, blither, smatter | to talk foolishly.; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby" |
| ~ blabber, gabble, gibber, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, blab, clack, maunder, chatter | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly. |
| v. (perception) | 4. babble, bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple | flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise.; "babbling brooks" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| ~ gurgle | make sounds similar to gurgling water.; "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it" |
| v. (communication) | 5. babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle | divulge confidential information or secrets.; "Be careful--his secretary talks" |
| ~ disclose, divulge, let on, expose, give away, let out, reveal, unwrap, discover, bring out, break | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" |
| ~ talk, spill | reveal information.; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details" |
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