- present participle of yap.
yapping
Example Sentences
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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
"The amount of critics and people I've heard yapping along the way just clearly not understanding. Maybe because they never had the experience or just unaware."
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025
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
Sud creates parallels between Clare in Hollywood and Dorothy in Oz, assigning Clare a Kansan back story, a yapping terrier and a guileless attitude.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
In the distance, he heard the wolves barking and yapping in their kennel by the gatehouse, wondering where their masters had gone for the night.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
