yapping

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of yappresent participle and gerund of yap

noun

1. 1

   A sound that yaps, especially the continued barking of a small dog.

   But just there a small hairy terrier exploded out at the gate, like a floor-mop impelled by some sort of internal combustion, which sent him off into a frenzy of yapping, incessantly jerked backwards by the explosive force of his own detonations.

2. 2

   Constant talk or chatter.

   I soon discovered that nobody seemed to want Anzacs in spite of their flag-waving and yapping before we left[.]

Forms

plural

yappings