yakety-yak

A form of yackety-yak — prolonged chatter; uninterrupted, idle talk; gossip

Meanings

nounyakety-yak (countable and uncountable, plural yakety-yaks)

plural yakety-yaks

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of yackety-yak.
verbyakety-yak (third-person singular simple present yakety-yaks, present participle yakety-yakking, simple past and past participle yakety-yakked)

present singular third person yakety-yaks · participle present yakety-yakking · participle past yakety-yakked · past yakety-yakked

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of yackety-yak.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounnoisy talk

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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