yak
9
8.3
- noun
- /jæk/
- Informal
:
parloteo
- His yak during the drive made the long trip feel much shorter and more enjoyable.
- yackety-yak
- nonstop yak
- just yak
Examples
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I mean, come on, we can yakety-yak until next Tuesday.
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But you didn't mention that; you just complained about high prices that actually encourage conservation, as opposed to mere action-free political bluster and yakety-yak, which do nothing much.
Blog text (11) -
All you ever do is yak, but what have you ever done?
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But you didn't come here to hear me yak.
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And honestly, I've never heard anyone complain about any other book as much as I've heard people yak-yak about this one.
Blog text (22) -
Yak, yak, yak, Willy muttered to himself, it's the same old suds and blather.
Fiction book (2000) -
The idea of anyone needing a group of scholars to get hopped up on speed and coffee and yak for weeks in order to figure out what's wrong with the GOP is easily as amusing as the nation's top spy getting caught cheating on his wife.
Blog text (2) -
The radio was going—yakety-yak about the Ayatollah, I think, and our embassy hostages—and I had nothing to fret about but fly rubs and the quality of steel T-posts.
Fiction book (1991) -
During the meeting, all I could hear was the constant yak of my colleagues discussing their weekend plans.
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She filled the air with her endless yak about celebrity gossip while we tried to focus on our work.
Synonyms
87
3.5
Continuous talk about small things, often lively and noisy
28
2.0
Friendly, light talk about unimportant things
4
9.7
Unimportant repeating talk that gives no useful information
4
7.9
Fast, unclear talk that is hard to understand
2
8.8
Loud, constant talk about unimportant things that annoy people
1
5.8
Casual talk about small, unimportant things, often gossip
1
9.7
A lot of noisy talking about not important things
1
4.4
A habit of talking a lot in a friendly, lively way
1
9.5
Light talk between people with little meaning
1
9.9
Loud, silly talk that has no useful meaning
Continuous trivial talk that says nothing important
A lot of talking about small unimportant things
A habit of talking a lot about unimportant things
Light talk about unimportant, silly things people say
Light informal chat between people to enjoy themselves
A person who likes to speak a lot in social situations
Antonyms
Compounds
How Talkative
- Informal
1
8.8
- Informal
9
8.3
86
2.7
- Informal
9
2.8
- Informal
65
2.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yak meaning 'loud or persistent talk' probably comes from copying the sound of people chattering, like yakety-yak, so a helpful way to remember it is to think of noisy talk that goes on and on.