Meaning

1 senses

  1. (slang)To talk pointlessly and uninterruptedly.

Origin

Resembles yak (“to chatter”) + -ety or yacket + -y with reduplication; all are ultimately

Resembles yak (“to chatter”) + -ety or yacket + -y with reduplication; all are ultimately imitative or sound-symbolic in origin.

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Forms

yackety-yaks, yackety-yakking, yackety-yakked, yackety-yakked
Base formyackety-yak · to yackety-yak
3rd person singularyackety-yaks
Present participleyackety-yakking
Past simpleyackety-yakked
Past participleyackety-yakked

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyyackety-yak
he, she, ityackety-yaks

Past simpleLesson

all personsyackety-yakked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave yackety-yakked
he, she, ithas yackety-yakked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill yackety-yak

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
yayachtB2yahooyair
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