yapping
- present participle of yap.
Example Sentences
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I’m a part of the problem, too, yapping about this silly kerfuffle six months out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
I had no professional cooking experience and had never been to cooking school; I didn't expect anyone to read along to my yapping when there were actual experts out there.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
The yapping mutts were just a sideshow, however, to the main event, which was announced from a dais by Sarah Furness, a local dignitary: the unveiling of Britain’s first memorial statue to Queen Elizabeth II.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
In 2009, a lawyer who lived on Central Park West filed a suit claiming that the intense “whining, barking, yapping and squealing” by her neighbor’s two Chihuahuas was causing agonizing back pain.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
By the time Kuba was done with me, Janina was yapping, “Me! Me!”
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
