yapping

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of yap

noun

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.”