yakky
English
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edit- IPA(key): /ˈjæki/
- Rhymes: -æki
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Adjective
edityakky (comparative yakkier, superlative yakkiest)
- (informal) chatty, talkative
- 2011, Candida Lawrence, Fear Itself:
- I notice my husband and Ken are not talking to each other, most unusual in such a yakky family.
- 2009, Jesse Lovelace, Keep to the Left!: Freewheeling Through Ireland, published 2002:
- A little skinny kid had started working behind the bar, and I'd swear he was James Joyce's great grandson: thin face, thick glasses and a frail physique. He was yakky and a bit snappy and thoroughly entertaining
- 1999, Deb Schwarz, the Rufus on Fire, Out - January 1999 issue page 66
- Perfectly charming and at ease on stage, he's equally rambling and yakky in an interview.