"yackety-yak" meaning in All languages combined

See yackety-yak on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-yackety-yak.ogg [Australia] Forms: yackety-yaks [plural]
Etymology: Resembles yak (“to chatter”) and yacket; all are ultimately imitative or onomatopoeic in origin. Etymology templates: {{m|en|yak||to chatter|id=talk}} yak (“to chatter”), {{m|en|yacket}} yacket, {{glossary|imitative}} imitative, {{onomatopoeic|en|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} yackety-yak (countable and uncountable, plural yackety-yaks)
  1. (slang) prolonged chatter; uninterrupted, idle talk; gossip Tags: countable, slang, uncountable Synonyms: gossip
    Sense id: en-yackety-yak-en-noun-kf-Nt9-z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias, English reduplications, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 52 48 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yakety-yak, yakkety-yak, yakity-yak

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-yackety-yak.ogg [Australia] Forms: yackety-yaks [present, singular, third-person], yackety-yakking [participle, present], yackety-yakked [participle, past], yackety-yakked [past]
Etymology: Resembles yak (“to chatter”) and yacket; all are ultimately imitative or onomatopoeic in origin. Etymology templates: {{m|en|yak||to chatter|id=talk}} yak (“to chatter”), {{m|en|yacket}} yacket, {{glossary|imitative}} imitative, {{onomatopoeic|en|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-yackety-yak-en-verb-UCMEBBTO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias, English reduplications, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 52 48 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yakety-yak, yakkety-yak, yakity-yak

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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