v. [frequent. f. YAP v.: see -ET.] intr. = YAP v. 1. Hence Yappeting ppl. a.
1681. T. Flatman, Heraclitus Ridens, No. 39 (1713), I. 255. It is a little Tutty-nos’d yappeting Sprite; the Good Old Cause’s Lap-Dog.
1868. Helps, Realmah, xix. I. 290. The likeness he was pleased to discover between my poor self and a yappeting suburban poodle.
