noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   prolonged chatter; uninterrupted, idle talk; gossip countable, slang, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   To talk pointlessly and uninterruptedly. intransitive, slang

Synonyms

All synonyms

blatherchattergossippalaverprattlescuttlebutt

Example

More examples

"When my aunt talks, all I hear is yackety-yak because I couldn't care less about her conspiracy theories!"

Etymology

Resembles yak (“to chatter”) + -ety or yacket + -y with reduplication; all are ultimately imitative or sound-symbolic in origin.

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