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YAMMER

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Complain whiningly

Synonyms:

grizzle; whine; yammer; yawp

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "yammer" is one way to...):

complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)

Verb group:

snivel; whine (talk in a tearful manner)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cry loudly, as of animals

Example:

The coyotes were howling in the desert

Synonyms:

howl; wrawl; yammer; yowl

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "yammer" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

You can hear animals yammer in the meadows

The meadows yammer with animals

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