Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
chatter - noun a variant of
yak - verb slang to
vomit , usually because ofintoxication - verb colloquial to
talk incessantly
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb talk incessantly and tiresomely
- noun noisy talk
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word yack.
Examples
-
On the other hand, the black skins, those that were black with white hairs intermixed or with a white breast, the uniform bay, the brown, and the light reddish-brown, were classed under the name yack-ah, and were said to resemble each other in being smaller and having shorter nails, in climbing trees, and being so little vicious that they could be pursued with safety.
Steep Trails John Muir 1876
-
In it, Busta and his collaborator, P. Diddy, defeat evildoers, get the girls and toast their triumphs with "yack," hip-hop's shorthand for cognac.
The Rap Of Luxury 2007
-
So, Obama concedes all they did was "yack" in the U.S.
-
(thanks for the word mach, haven't heard 'yack' in a while)
-
(thanks for the word mach, haven't heard 'yack' in a while)
-
I'm a superhero when it comes to rushing my pets outside to yack up whatever they ate hours ago.
Heroes Aren't Born, They're Built. (And they come with ballgowns and anthropomorphic cats.) alison 2010
-
We had a great yack, but I figured they were married.
Lisa Cholodenko: 'I wanted to make a film that was not sanctimonious or sentimental' Rachel Cooke 2010
-
I'd combine these with a tasty McRib sandwich, and then hope I didn't yack into the Red Cedar River on the way home.
Mike Ragogna: Return To Return To Forever: Chatting With Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, Plus John Common and Author Dr. Tony Youn Mike Ragogna 2011
-
In the meantime, I'd like to thank Jeff Cunningham from The Fantasy Review Blogspot for giving me the chance to yack on about my books and writing.
Clone Wars 4 update karenmiller 2009
-
There was no early morning litter-box smell, no pukey gift in the hallway, no hairball-hacking yack yack from under the bed.
Substitute Fred Osuna 2011
bilby commented on the word yack
Yackety Yack is a quite strange but interesting, indeed funny, Australian avant garde movie from the 1970's.
August 26, 2022