Bark sharply
The crossword clue "Bark sharply" is answered by YAP, a 3-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
YAP
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YAP answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for YAP
Every other clue in this collection answered by YAP, most used first.
- Shrill bark - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Chatter - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Big fat mouth - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Jabber - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Mouth, slangily - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Big mouth - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Puppy sound - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Kisser - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Pound sound - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Bark - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Sharp bark - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Talk and talk and talk - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Kennel sound - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Go on and on - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Talk on and on - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Talk, talk, talk - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Talk too much - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Little dog's bark - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Talk incessantly - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Caroline island. - used 9 times, most recently in 1988
- One of the Carolines. - used 9 times, most recently in 1991
- Talk nonstop - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Beat one's gums - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- "Shut yer ___!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Slangy mouth - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- One of the Caroline Islands. - used 7 times, most recently in 1995
- Prattle - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Puppy cry - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Snappish bark - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Talk and talk - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Mouth off - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Pie hole - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Talk foolishly - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Shrill bark - YIP, used 59 times
- Comics bark - ARF, used 49 times
- Turn sharply - ZAG, used 27 times
- Sandy's bark - ARF, used 24 times
- Puppy's bark - YIP, used 21 times
- Bark up the wrong tree - ERR, used 18 times
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