yappers

Small barking dogs

Yappers are people who talk excessively or annoyingly—from yap, meaning to bark shrilly or chatter nonstop.

The term is mildly dismissive: Those yappers in the back won't shut up.

Yapper can also mean mouth: Shut your yapper.

talkers

chatterboxes

Excessively talkative people

windbag · gabber · chatterer · prattler · jabberer · rambler · conversationalist · storyteller · loudmouth · bigmouth

dogs

barkers

Aggressive sidewalk promoters

small dogs · chihuahuas · ankle-biters · mutts · canines · pooches · howlers · whiners · attention-seekers

Opposites
talkativeness

yappersmutes

Silences or softens

listeners · clams · strong silent types · men of few words · introverts

communication role

yapperslisteners

Those who attend aurally

observers · audience · hearers

speech quality

yappersdeep thinkers

Those who analyze profoundly

sages · contemplatives · orators · oracles · philosophers

Family

yapped, yapper

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G