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yapping

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verb

present participle of yap

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for yapping
Adjective
  • That’s upset some fans, especially the kind of whiny babies who never like anything.
    Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 25 July 2025
  • Daniels is morose and whiny and Reynolds is hammy and over-the-top, which allows Stone to steal the movie, giving it its only modicum of zest and soul.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 23 July 2025
Verb
  • The two tech firms are discussing a sizable deal to support data center development in the country which could ultimately be worth billions of dollars, a person familiar with the matter told CNBC, confirming earlier reporting from the Financial Times.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In partnership with The Hollywood Roosevelt, the series will see Murgatroyd catch up with fellow reality television stars at the iconic hotel, discussing topics such as motherhood, entrepreneurship, career journeys and their favorite reality TV obsessions.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Miran has previously voiced strident criticism of the Fed.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • That might have been an audacious move in a film less strident and more subtle.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 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
  • Another report suggested that this antihistamine reduced virus levels in nasal tissue.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Researchers at Saarland University in Germany headed a clinical trial that found a nasal spray could reduce the risk of coronavirus infection by two-thirds.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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 14 Sep. 2025.

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