yammer
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Middle Dutch jammeren. Cognate with and reinforced by Middle English yeoumeren (“to mourn, complain”), from Old English ġeōmrian (“to lament”), from ġeōmor (“sorrowful”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful”), from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to hold, match, defeat”). Akin to German jammern.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
yammer (third-person singular simple present yammers, present participle yammering, simple past and past participle yammered)
- (intransitive) To complain peevishly.
- (intransitive) To talk loudly and persistently.
- (transitive) To repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint.
- (intransitive, rare) To make an outcry; to clamor.
- 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 17, page 182, ¶ 1
- It was a ship, but a whale to the Dark Nebula’s minnow; and on its side was the Spaceship-and-Sun of the Empire. Every alarm on the ship yammered hysterically.
- 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 17, page 182, ¶ 1
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to talk loudly and persistently
to repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint
to make an outcry; to clamor
Noun[edit]
yammer (uncountable)
- The act or noise of yammering.
- 1999, J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace, Penguin, 2000, Chapter Eight, pp. 72-73,
- The house is just as he had imagined it would be: rubbishy furniture, a clutter of ornaments (porcelain shepherdesses, cowbells, an ostrich-feather flywhisk), the yammer of the radio, the cheeping of birds in cages, cats everywhere underfoot.
- 1999, J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace, Penguin, 2000, Chapter Eight, pp. 72-73,
- A loud noise.
- 1943, R. Sidney Bown, Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers, Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, Chapter Twelve,[1]
- The ungodly scream of Jap wings in the wind, and the blood-chilling snarl and yammer of their aerial machine gun and aerial cannon fire was enough to make the very ground shake and tremble.
- 1943, R. Sidney Bown, Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers, Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, Chapter Twelve,[1]
- One who yammers.
Translations[edit]
A loud noise
References[edit]
- “yammer” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2021.
- “yammer” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Scots[edit]
Verb[edit]
yammer (third-person singular present yammers, present participle yammerin, past yammert, past participle yammert)
- (intransitive) to lament
- (intransitive) to yearn for something
Noun[edit]
yammer (uncountable)
- a cry of lamentation
- the act of yammerin
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