What is "yapped"

Usage examples of "yapped".

The dog yapped and bounced like a mop gone mad and Jack absently picked it up and stroked it quiet again.

And every time it yapped its little front paws would come off the ground.

Bella thought it wiser to take the sausages away from me and, annoyed, I yapped at her.

The big man ignored us as we yapped around his legs while he unlocked the door to the hut.