noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who yaks; a chatterbox or motormouth. slang

   "Wanna be hackers? Code crackers? Slackers? Wastin' time with all the chat room yakkers?"

2. 2
   A curveball or slider. slang

Synonyms

All synonyms

babblemouthblabbermouthblatherskitechatterboxcurveballmotormouth

Example

More examples

"Wanna be hackers? Code crackers? Slackers? Wastin' time with all the chat room yakkers?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From yak + -er.

Etymology 2

Said to be from the flight path of the yawker bird.https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/05/23/curveball-clayton-kershaw-lance-mccullers

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