yakker
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈjækər/
- Offensive
:
parlanchín (coloquial, ofensivo, EE. UU.)
- At the party, I found myself next to a yakker who wouldn't stop sharing trivial gossip about celebrities.
Examples
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Yet I can still hear in my head the (then-novel) cable TV yakkers speaking of John Z in worshipful tones even up to the time of Bush/Gore.
Blog text (3) -
If I remember correctly, his afternoon show was pretty successful, and then he successfully lobbied to be moved to mornings, decided that he didn't want to take listener calls anymore, and got crushed, never to regain at subsequent stations that hired him the popularity he enjoyed as KSTP's afternoon yakker.
Blog text (8) -
During the meeting, Jason became the biggest yakker, discussing every little detail without pause.
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My grandmother is a real yakker; she can talk for hours about her gardening adventures.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person who speaks a lot, often in public
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4.2
A person who talks too much about dull topics and makes others feel tired or not interested
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6.7
A person who talks too much, often loudly, and reveals private things
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6.8
A person who talks a lot about unimportant things and bores other people
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7.5
A person who talks too much and tells other people's secrets
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4.2
A person who talks a lot and often does not stop
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9.8
A person who talks for a long time about unimportant things in a boring way
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7.9
A person who talks a lot about unimportant things
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8.4
A person who talks quickly and too much, annoying others
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8.9
A person who talks too much in a silly or annoying way
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7.9
A person who talks a lot in a loud, annoying way
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9.9
A person, often a woman, who talks a lot and cannot pay attention
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9.9
A person who talks a lot about small, unimportant things
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5.5
A person who talks a lot and often annoys others
A person who talks too much about small things and bores others
A person who talks a lot and says silly or meaningless things
A person who talks quickly about unimportant things
A person who talks a lot in a silly, not important way
A person who talks nonsense instead of saying useful things
A person who speaks too much and stops other people from speaking
A person who talks a lot, often in a funny way
A person who talks too much and tells other people's secrets
Antonyms
How Talkative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word yakker comes from the slang yak, which means 'to talk', and adding -er makes it 'a person who talks a lot'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a noisy yak that never stops, because a yakker is someone who keeps talking, often about small or unimportant things.