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YACK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Noisy talk
Synonyms:
cackle; chatter; yack; yak; yakety-yak
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("yack" is a kind of...):
talk; talking (an exchange of ideas via conversation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yack"):
blether; chin music; idle talk; prate; prattle (idle or foolish and irrelevant talk)
Derivation:
yack (talk incessantly and tiresomely)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Talk incessantly and tiresomely
Synonyms:
jaw; rattle on; yack; yack away; yap away
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "yack" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence examples:
Sam and Sue yack
Sam wants to yack with Sue
Derivation:
yack (noisy talk)
