yappings

Noun

yapping (plural yappings)

1. 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.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 59
2. Constant talk or chatter.
   • I soon discovered that nobody seemed to want Anzacs in spite of their flag-waving and yapping before we left[.]1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 122