yackety-yak
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Resembles yak (“to chatter”) and yacket; all are ultimately imitative or onomatopoeic in origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun[edit]
yackety-yak (countable and uncountable, plural yackety-yaks)
Synonyms[edit]
- gossip
- See also Thesaurus:chatter
Verb[edit]
yackety-yak (third-person singular simple present yackety-yaks, present participle yackety-yakking, simple past and past participle yackety-yakked)
- (intransitive, slang) To talk pointlessly and uninterruptedly.