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.