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  • noun Plural form of yapping.

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Examples

  • But remember also that the rest of the media slavishly followed the yappings of this group as well.

    Chris Weigant: My 2009 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2] 2010

  • She was constantly yappings on her cellphone AT WORK!

    whoooaaa… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007

  • I came out, after I had paid my bill, into a street that echoed to the bawlings of two newsvendors and to the noisy yappings of a dog they had raised to emulation.

    In the Days of the Comet Herbert George 2006

  • Recruitment is down, and President Bush's loud and artless yappings about democracy and freedom haven't inspired many youths to sign up.

    Our Declining Economy Weakens Bush's Bluster 2005

  • Recruitment is down, and President Bush's loud and artless yappings about democracy and freedom haven't inspired many youths to sign up.

    Our Declining Economy Weakens Bush's Bluster 2005

  • For those of you who just haven't been able to get quite enough of my recent yappings about Rep. Howard Coble, you can listen here to my commentary on the subject on last night's edition of the National Public Radio show "Pacific Time."

    IsThatLegal? 2003

  • But I think of the dead lying there in that bloody field and their shouts are just the yappings of dogs, the hoarse cries of crows.

    Jacob's Ladder Mackay, Colin 2003

  • Mrs. Kynaston's pug had come tearing out of the house with a whole chorus of noisy yappings.

    Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance H. Lovett Cameron

  • Now, belatedly, the sirens of the Shed screamed their alarm, and choppy yappings set up as the siren wails rose in pitch.

    Space Platform Murray Leinster 1935

  • The philocanine Palmer was entrusted with the care of the legion of lap dogs out in the garden, -- for the religious meeting could not admit even the most docile pet animal; and the sound of their spiteful yappings could be heard through the open windows at the back of the room.

    Too Old for Dolls A Novel 1926

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