- present participle of yap.
yapping
Example Sentences
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Instead, I tune into my rhythmic footsteps and the medley of background noise from squawking birds, yapping passersby and whooshing traffic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The hysteria of recent days, however, strikes me as akin to the neighborhood dogs yapping in chorus three weeks after the burglar has been and gone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"All that yapping and now I get to share it with the world."
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 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
“Ah, now! This is some of the nicest bread I’ve ever had. But you three are surely in a puppyish mood today! I haven’t heard this much yapping and ahwooing in many a month.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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