yackety-yak

English

Alternative forms

• yakety-yak, yakkety-yak, yakity-yak

Etymology

Resembles yak (“to chatter”) and yacket; all are ultimately imitative or onomatopoeic in origin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

yackety-yak (countable and uncountable, plural yackety-yaks)

1. (slang) prolonged chatter; uninterrupted, idle talk; gossip

Synonyms

• gossip
• See also Thesaurus:chatter

Verb

yackety-yak (third-person singular simple present yackety-yaks, present participle yackety-yakking, simple past and past participle yackety-yakked)

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