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Yackety-yak

noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    prolonged chatter; uninterrupted, idle talk; gossip countable, slang, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To talk pointlessly and uninterruptedly. intransitive, slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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