"yackety-yak" meaning in All languages combined

See yackety-yak on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-yackety-yak.ogg Forms: yackety-yaks [plural]
Etymology: Resembles yak (“to chatter”) and yacket; all are ultimately imitative or onomatopoeic in origin. Etymology templates: {{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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yakety-yak, yakkety-yak, yakity-yak

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-yackety-yak.ogg 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: {{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 onomatopoeias, English reduplications, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 13 87 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yakety-yak, yakkety-yak, yakity-yak

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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