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yapping

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verb

present participle of yap

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Verb
  • There’s also an inanimate object that directly affects Paul’s future so profoundly that this small prop might as well be a lurking, yammering figure in the diner.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The choice to portray her as irritating, self-absorbed, whiny and inappropriate was no accident.
    Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The choice to portray her as irritating, self-absorbed, whiny and inappropriate was no accident.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Panelists will share specific examples from their work on Amazon MGM Studios Originals, discussing triumphs, lessons learned, and what’s to come for Prime Video customers.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Likewise, Israel and Lebanon began discussing a ceasefire.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The Dog Pound’s inhabitants will do more yelping than woofing.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Removing strident nationalism, plus stable EU relations, a contrast with Orban’s tenure, will assist the nation’s economy.
    Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Drayton Farley’s latest record may throw some of his most strident fans for a loop.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Use a Nasal Saline Rinse Clear out clogged sinuses with a nasal saline rinse, Greenspan said.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The trick is said to relieve nasal congestion.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
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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“Yapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yapping. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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