yapping
noun
- to bark or speak sharply, shrilly, or snappishly
Wiktionary
noun
- 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.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of yap