Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Alternative form of yak (“chatter; talk”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An oak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: England, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
A watch (timepiece).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete
Qualifier: thieves slang
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Alternative form of yak (“talk; vomit”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
noisy talk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: yak, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: talk, talking
Narrower terms: prate, prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music
verb
talk incessantly and tiresomely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap away
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
History
Dialectal form.
