"yakety-yak" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yakety-yaks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} yakety-yak (countable and uncountable, plural yakety-yaks)
  1. Alternative spelling of yackety-yak Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: yackety-yak
    Sense id: en-yakety-yak-en-noun-uWQ-peTz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Verb

Forms: yakety-yaks [present, singular, third-person], yakety-yakking [participle, present], yakety-yakked [participle, past], yakety-yakked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} yakety-yak (third-person singular simple present yakety-yaks, present participle yakety-yakking, simple past and past participle yakety-yakked)
  1. Alternative spelling of yackety-yak Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: yackety-yak
    Sense id: en-yakety-yak-en-verb-uWQ-peTz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Inflected forms

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