- present participle of yap.
yapping
Example Sentences
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It was evidence the U.S. spends too much time yapping about our domestic athletes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Offstage, he was a doddering, stammering dad shuffling around rooms bustling with yapping tiny dogs urinating everywhere.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 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
Big Tony looked down and saw a feisty little puppy yapping at him.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
