yap
verb (used without object)
to bark sharply, shrilly, or snappishly; yelp.
was yapping
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past progressiveof yap.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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We were soaking wet, two hours late and our son was yapping the whole time to the driver about how he was going to play his song.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2019
Then the lady climbed back in the car, where her own sweatered Boston bull was yapping in excitement.
From Time Magazine Archive
However, maybe I was yapping about my idea of what Cat Power is instead of what it really is, or maybe this album's just different.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the time Kuba was done with me, Janina was yapping, “Me! Me!”
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
He was yapping at something new, something Natalie could now see floating toward them on the two-story-high storm surge.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
