What it means
A yapper is someone who just keeps talking, filling every little gap with a running stream of chat. It can be said fondly for a super chatty person or with a bit of eye-roll energy when they won't give it a rest.
Usage examples
"My little cousin is such a yapper, he narrated the whole car journey."
"Put two yappers at the same table and dinner runs three hours."
"He's a proper yapper, asked him one thing and got the full director's cut."
"Love her to bits, but once she gets going she's an absolute yapper."
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Where it comes from
It comes from yap, a word for the sharp, repetitive bark of a small dog, recorded in English since the 19th century. From there it shifted into talk too much or chatter noisily, and yapper grew naturally for a person who keeps going and going with their mouth.
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