yapping

NOUN, VERB

talk a lot

Synonyms

WEAK

babble blather chat chatter clack confabulate gab gossip jabber jaw prate prattle run on tattle yammer

VERB

bark

Synonyms

STRONGEST

yelp

STRONG

bay woof yip

VERB

chatter

Synonyms

STRONGEST

babble ramble

STRONG

blather chit-chat gab gibber gossip jabber jaw prate prattle twaddle

WEAK

go on run off at the mouth talk a lot

Antonyms

STRONG

be quiet

Example Sentences

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"All that yapping and now I get to share it with the world."

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

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

I’d watch the Mendozas, the Mexican family next door, arriving home in their pickup loaded with ladders after a long day of painting houses, greeted at the fence by their yapping dogs.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama