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yackety-yak

Meaning of "yackety-yak" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD YACKETY-YAK

Of imitative origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF YACKETY-YAK

ˌjækɪtɪˈjæk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF YACKETY-YAK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Yackety-Yak is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES YACKETY-YAK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of yackety-yak in the English dictionary

The definition of yackety-yak in the dictionary is noisy, continuous, and trivial talk or conversation Sometimes shortened to: yak.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH YACKETY-YAK

Armagnac · Cognac · galyac · galyak · yack · yak · yakety-yak

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE YACKETY-YAK

yacht club · yacht race · yachter · yachtie · yachting · yachting cap · yachting club · yachting event · yachting fraternity · yachting regatta · yachting trip · yachtsman · yachtsmanship · yachtsmen · yachtswoman · yachtswomen · yack · yacka · yacker · yad

WORDS THAT END LIKE YACKETY-YAK

brak · break · Dayak · Dyak · freak · gak · Irak · jak · kayak · oak · Ostyak · outbreak · Pak · peak · Slovak · soak · speak · tilak · Votyak · weak

Synonyms and antonyms of yackety-yak in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «yackety-yak» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF YACKETY-YAK

Find out the translation of yackety-yak to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of yackety-yak from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «yackety-yak» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

废话
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

yackety - yak
570 millions of speakers
en

English

yackety-yak
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

yackety - याक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

yackety - الياك
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

yackety - яка
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

yackety - yak
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

একটানা ইয়াক
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

Yackety - yak
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Yackety-yak
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

quasseln
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

くだらないおしゃべり
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

yackety - 야크
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Yackety-yak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

yackety - yak
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

yackety-யாக்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

याकेट-यक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

yackety-yak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

yackety - yak
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

yackety - jaka
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

yackety -яка
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

yackety - iac
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

yackety - βούβαλου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kletsen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

yackety - jak
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

yackety - yak
5 millions of speakers

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TRENDS

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YACKETY-YAK»

Discover the use of yackety-yak in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to yackety-yak and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Yackety-yak, the Alien's Back
This book addresses this vital area enabling children to speak coherently, make up conversations and compare objects.
Pie Corbett, Ruth Thomson, 2004
2
Phonics Through Poetry
by Lucinda Cave Consonant y as in yes: yackety, yak, yack-yack, young, yellow, yabber, yapped, yammered, yawped, yodeled, yelled, yipee, yay, you, yack- yacking, yet, beyond, yacking, yipped, yip, yelped, yelp, yawned ADDITIONAL ...
Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz, 1998
3
Troyuan Chronicles... Book Four
Yackety-yak, the wife poured into the man's ear. “You must pay again!” “But it was an accident that the sandwich fell, Sir.” Yackety-yak, yak insisted the wife. The owner responded, “We all saw you!” “Then they are stealing from your own ...
Ernest Velon, 2008
4
Neuromimetic Semantics: Coordination, quantification, and ...
The yaks gathered with one another after sunrise. e) *Yickety Yak gathered with Yackety Yak and Yucky Yak, Yackety Yak gathered with Yickety Yak and Yucky Yak, and Yucky Yak gathered with Yickety Yak and Yackety Yak. f) Los yakes se  ...
Harry Howard, 2010
5
Gullible's Travels: From Diaper Rash to Kissing Frogs
I guess I'd have to admit that it all had to do with the amount of talking that always took place. There was a steady yackety-yak all the way down to the farm. Then my mother, little brother, and I would have to wait for hours in the car while more ...
Deanna Purcell Pendleton, 2008
6
Oxford Thesaurus of English
... jibber-jabber, patter, blather, maunder, ramble, drivel, blab; talk rapidly, talk incoherently, talk unintelligibly; informal yak, yackety-yak, yabber, yatter, blabber; Brit. informal witter, rabbit, chunter, natter, waffle; Scottish & Irish informal slabber;  ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
7
Super Silly Mazes
YACKETY, YACKETY, YACXETY.YAK, AND FURTHERMORE, BLAH,BLAH, BLAH,BLAH,BLAH, AND MORE YACKETY, YAC<E1Y, YACKETY, YAK, ETC.... DO X 60TTA SPELL IT OUT FOR VA? The solution to this maze is on page 53 What Is ...
Jody Hall, 2002
8
Interact Or Die
So, we can go on interacting without everlasting solitary confinement for as long as we can blab about it: yackety-yak, yackety-yak ... Behold, says Umberto. Representational objects signify and are identified by you on the basis of meaning.
Joke Brouwer, Arjen Mulder, 2007
9
Chambers English Thesaurus
... jaw, natter, rabbit (on), talk, yackety-yak. chatter n babble, blether, chat, chinwag, gossip, jabber, natter, prattle, twaddle. v babble, blether, chat, gab, gossip, jabber, natter, prattle, yackety-yak. chatty adj colloquial, familiar, friendly, gossipy, ...
10
The Spitting Image
“Alright, alright, “Rheinegger piqued by the impudent interrup— tion, nevertheless accepted the logic, “I'll buy him a perambulator when I'm in Magdeburg on Friday but there must be no old-wives yackety-yak on street corners. Understood?
Paul Brauner, 2006

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YACKETY-YAK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term yackety-yak is used in the context of the following news items.
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Strategic khichdi
While there may be validity to his observation on a 126-jet acquisition being too expensive, what “expertise” does he possess yackety-yak apart to query the ... «The Statesman, Jun 15»
2
My Mom Worked Tirelessly for Me Throughout My Childhood and All …
Don't waste her time with intellectual yackety-yak, ridiculous plot turns, or titillating celebrity anecdotes—just give her a page-turner with some serious ideas. «The New Republic, May 15»
3
The building that breathes
The building swallows us in one soundless gulp. The cluck-cluck of tricycles, the yackety-yak of customers and vegetable-sellers at the market, the “vazhi, vazhi” ... «The Hindu, Aug 14»
4
Four sportswriters try a different angle
... you get to yell! And yackety-yak. We sat up a little ways on the third-base side, and I noticed how people are always walking somewhere. Constant movement. «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 14»
5
Sore athletes keep Mike Lauffer's physical therapy business running
S-R: Is there a lot of yackety-yak during physical therapy? Lauffer: Pretty much, yeah. We learn a lot about what's going on in a patient's life – sometimes more ... «The Spokesman Review, Apr 14»
6
Cops want charges in Soi Lek's brother case
Comedy Seriously Lecherous. CCS...Comedy Conman Seriously and CTY...Comedy Totally Yackety-Yak. Like · Reply · 1 · Jul 19, 2012 9:46am · Chong SF ·. «Free Malaysia Today, Jul 12»
7
MasterChef – Yackety-yak, don't talk back
So ... I go off on Ryan Umane last 'MasterChef' post ... and, of course, he comes back winning challenges and more this episode. Just the way things work in the ... «CliqueClack, Jun 12»
8
Peter Cooper On Music: Ray Stevens preserves comedy classics …
... to compile a song list and record new versions of everything from A to Z ... actually there's no Z, so from A (“Abba Dabba Honey Moon”) to Y (“Yackety-Yak”). «The Tennessean, Apr 12»
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