go around the houses vs yap

go around the houses

• Do something (especially talking) circuitously. 

yap

• To talk, especially excessively; to chatter. 

• Of a small dog, to bark. 

• To rob or steal from (someone). 

• The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar. 

• The mouth, which produces speech. 

• Casual talk; chatter. 

• A badly behaved child; a brat.