yap
verb (used without object)
to bark sharply, shrilly, or snappishly; yelp.
were 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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One moment they were yapping along in the train of a historic political movement; now, ragged and destitute, they wander with lolling tongues in search of anything that might explain their new world to them.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2016
Clearly the under dogs were yapping at "Them."
From Time Magazine Archive
Jase had died while the coyotes were yapping their dawn-song up on the rim of the Cove.
From The Ranch at the Wolverine by B. M. Bower
The foxes, never tiring of their infuriating sport, were yapping at the ship.
From Back to God's Country and Other Stories by James Oliver Curwood
"You asked for it," snapped Roger, "you were yapping at me to play, and now look what's happened!"
From Stand by for Mars! by Louis Glanzman
