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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "yammer on"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "ȝameren"
},
"expansion": "Middle English ȝameren",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "ȝaumeren"
},
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},
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"t": "to lament"
},
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},
{
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*jāmarōn"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*jēmarōną",
"t": "to show misery or sadness"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *jēmarōną (“to show misery or sadness”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*jēmaraz",
"t": "miserable, sorrowful, sad"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful, sad”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*yem-",
"t": "to hold, match, defeat"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to hold, match, defeat”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dum",
"3": "jammeren"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch jammeren",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "jammeren"
},
"expansion": "Dutch jammeren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "yammer"
},
"expansion": "Scots yammer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "jammerje"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian jammerje",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "jammerje"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian jammerje",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "jammern"
},
"expansion": "German Low German jammern",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "jammern"
},
"expansion": "German jammern",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "jamre"
},
"expansion": "Danish jamre",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "jamre"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian jamre",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "amra",
"t": "to howl, wail, yammer"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse amra (“to howl, wail, yammer”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English ȝameren, ȝaumeren, yemeren, ȝomeren, from Old English ġeōmrian (“to lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *jāmarōn, from Proto-Germanic *jēmarōną (“to show misery or sadness”), from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful, sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to hold, match, defeat”). Reinforced by cognate Middle Dutch jammeren (modern Dutch jammeren), from the same ultimate origin. Cognate also with Scots yammer, Saterland Frisian jammerje, West Frisian jammerje, German Low German jammern, German jammern, Danish jamre, Norwegian jamre. Compare also Old Norse amra (“to howl, wail, yammer”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "yammers",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yammering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "yammered",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yammered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
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"expansion": "yammer (third-person singular simple present yammers, present participle yammering, simple past and past participle yammered)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 17 5 28 1 23 21",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sounds",
"orig": "en:Sounds",
"parents": [
"Sound",
"Energy",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To complain peevishly."
],
"id": "en-yammer-en-verb-odesIM6q",
"links": [
[
"complain",
"complain"
],
[
"peevishly",
"peevishly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To complain peevishly."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "89 0 5 6",
"sense": "complain",
"word": "whine"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 0 5 6",
"sense": "complain",
"word": "grumble"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "86 3 9 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vajkam se",
"sense": "to complain peevishly",
"word": "вайкам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 3 9 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to complain peevishly",
"word": "jammern"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 3 9 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to complain peevishly",
"word": "nyafog"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 3 9 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to complain peevishly",
"word": "nyavalyog"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 3 9 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to complain peevishly",
"word": "sopánkodik"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 3 9 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to complain peevishly",
"word": "siránkozik"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 3 9 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to complain peevishly",
"word": "óbégat"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 3 9 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to complain peevishly",
"word": "jammerol"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 3 9 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to complain peevishly",
"word": "jajgat"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 3 9 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to complain peevishly",
"word": "sápítozik"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 3 9 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nytʹ",
"sense": "to complain peevishly",
"word": "ныть"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To talk loudly and persistently."
],
"id": "en-yammer-en-verb--J4uYJQj",
"links": [
[
"loudly",
"loudly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To talk loudly and persistently."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "2 2 20 19 15 42 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 17 5 28 1 23 21",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sounds",
"orig": "en:Sounds",
"parents": [
"Sound",
"Energy",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 9 13 13 13 45 3",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Talking",
"orig": "en:Talking",
"parents": [
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Human",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint."
],
"id": "en-yammer-en-verb-Hp4rx9Uq",
"links": [
[
"repeat",
"repeat"
],
[
"complaint",
"complaint"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
"sense": "repeat",
"word": "prattle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
"sense": "repeat",
"word": "babble"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 100 0",
"sense": "repeat",
"word": "yak"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 5 90 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint",
"word": "ismételget"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 90 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint",
"word": "szajkóz"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 5 90 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint",
"word": "hajtogat"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 17 5 28 1 23 21",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sounds",
"orig": "en:Sounds",
"parents": [
"Sound",
"Energy",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1951, Isaac Asimov, ““The Merchant Princes”, chapter 17”, in Foundation, part V, Panther Books Ltd, published 1974, page 182",
"text": "It was a ship, but a whale to the Dark Nebula’s minnow; and on its side was the Spaceship-and-Sun of the Empire. Every alarm on the ship yammered hysterically.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make an outcry; to clamor."
],
"id": "en-yammer-en-verb-Yej7MkaF",
"links": [
[
"outcry",
"outcry"
],
[
"clamor",
"clamor"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, rare) To make an outcry; to clamor."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"rare"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 0 1 97",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make an outcry; to clamor",
"word": "óbégat"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 1 97",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make an outcry; to clamor",
"word": "kiált"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 1 97",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make an outcry; to clamor",
"word": "rikolt"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 0 1 97",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make an outcry; to clamor",
"word": "szól"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈjæm.ə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjæm.ɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-æmə(ɹ)"
},
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
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"audio": "en-au-yammer.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/En-au-yammer.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "yammer"
}
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"3": "ȝameren"
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*jēmarōną",
"t": "to show misery or sadness"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *jēmarōną (“to show misery or sadness”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*jēmaraz",
"t": "miserable, sorrowful, sad"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*yem-",
"t": "to hold, match, defeat"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to hold, match, defeat”)",
"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dum",
"3": "jammeren"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch jammeren",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "jammeren"
},
"expansion": "Dutch jammeren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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},
"expansion": "Scots yammer",
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{
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},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian jammerje",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "jammerje"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian jammerje",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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},
"expansion": "German Low German jammern",
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},
{
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"1": "de",
"2": "jammern"
},
"expansion": "German jammern",
"name": "cog"
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{
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},
"expansion": "Danish jamre",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "jamre"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian jamre",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
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"t": "to howl, wail, yammer"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse amra (“to howl, wail, yammer”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English ȝameren, ȝaumeren, yemeren, ȝomeren, from Old English ġeōmrian (“to lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *jāmarōn, from Proto-Germanic *jēmarōną (“to show misery or sadness”), from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful, sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to hold, match, defeat”). Reinforced by cognate Middle Dutch jammeren (modern Dutch jammeren), from the same ultimate origin. Cognate also with Scots yammer, Saterland Frisian jammerje, West Frisian jammerje, German Low German jammern, German jammern, Danish jamre, Norwegian jamre. Compare also Old Norse amra (“to howl, wail, yammer”).",
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"1": "-"
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"lang": "English",
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1999, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 8, in Disgrace, Penguin, published 2000, pages 72–73",
"text": "The house is just as he had imagined it would be: rubbishy furniture, a clutter of ornaments (porcelain shepherdesses, cowbells, an ostrich-feather flywhisk), the yammer of the radio, the cheeping of birds in cages, cats everywhere underfoot.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The act or noise of yammering."
],
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"yammering",
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]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
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{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "The act or noise of yammering",
"word": "Jammer"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 4 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nytʹjó",
"sense": "The act or noise of yammering",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нытьё"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 17 5 28 1 23 21",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sounds",
"orig": "en:Sounds",
"parents": [
"Sound",
"Energy",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1943, R. Sidney Bown, chapter 12, in Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers, Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company",
"text": "The ungodly scream of Jap wings in the wind, and the blood-chilling snarl and yammer of their aerial machine gun and aerial cannon fire was enough to make the very ground shake and tremble.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A loud noise."
],
"id": "en-yammer-en-noun-YKqsyK5y",
"links": [
[
"noise",
"noise"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"One who yammers."
],
"id": "en-yammer-en-noun-hE7JaRAw",
"links": [
[
"yammers",
"yammers"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 0 99",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nytik",
"sense": "One who yammers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нытик"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈjæm.ə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈjæm.ɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-æmə(ɹ)"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/En-us-yammer.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/En-au-yammer.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
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"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "yammer"
}
{
"forms": [
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"form": "yammers",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yammerin",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "yammert",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yammert",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
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"10": "yammert",
"2": "verbs",
"3": "third-person singular simple present",
"4": "yammers",
"5": "present participle",
"6": "yammerin",
"7": "simple past",
"8": "yammert",
"9": "past participle",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "yammer (third-person singular simple present yammers, present participle yammerin, simple past yammert, past participle yammert)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "yammer (third-person singular simple present yammers, present participle yammerin, simple past yammert, past participle yammert)",
"name": "sco-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"to lament"
],
"id": "en-yammer-sco-verb-JU7txlSb",
"links": [
[
"lament",
"lament"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) to lament"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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"lament",
"lament"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) to lament"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Scots intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to yearn for something"
],
"links": [
[
"yearn",
"yearn"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) to yearn for something"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"word": "yammer"
}
{
"categories": [
"Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"Scots lemmas",
"Scots nouns",
"Scots uncountable nouns",
"Scots verbs"
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "noun",
"3": "uncountable",
"cat2": "uncountable nouns",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "yammer (uncountable)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "yammer (uncountable)",
"name": "sco-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a cry of lamentation"
],
"links": [
[
"cry",
"cry"
],
[
"lamentation",
"lamentation"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the act of yammering"
],
"links": [
[
"yammering",
"yammering"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"word": "yammer"
}
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