yapping

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of yap

plural yappings

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.

   1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 59

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[.]

   1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 122