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yapping

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verb

present participle of yap

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for yapping
Adjective
  • When Lost writers decided to bring two of the also-crasheds to the forefront, no one could have predicted how grating the pair's whiny inanity would become.
    Marc Snetiker, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025
  • That’s upset some fans, especially the kind of whiny babies who never like anything.
    Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • Rich Little Brokegirls founder Kimberly Bizu sat down with creator and corporate strategist Jodie Taylor, discussing what women of color navigating corporate spaces and creative careers need to know.
    Essence, Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
  • To uncover others, tribal governments and Indigenous influencers are actively discussing the potential benefits of AI in their communities — as well as the potential risks.
    Matt Alderton, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Spanberger and Sherrill should, and will, face strident calls from their LGBTQ+ constituents to go further in their support for trans people of all ages, and to not let misinformation and propaganda cloud their decisionmaking while in office.
    Samantha Riedel, Them., 6 Nov. 2025
  • Newsom’s anti-energy agenda has been forceful, strident and clear from his first days in the governor’s mansion.
    Will Oneill, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Fortunately, the BreezyClear Pro is equipped to address all the baby’s needs from the beginning to the end of the decongestion process; by briefly misting the nasal passages, the device loosens mucus so its powerful suction can remove it quickly and without fuss.
    Ethan Stone, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Blow your nose to clear your nasal passages.
    Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.
    Hisham Matar, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
  • Donald, Mark, Willie, Billy, and Tony — practically everyone in Hollis within shouting distance of 203rd Street was laughing at me at earsplitting volume.
    Stephen A. Smith, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The Wall, though, will be delightfully old school in a cap tip to the court-hugging, earsplitting, rowdy venues of college basketball’s glory days.
    Bryce MillerColumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023
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