noun
Meaning 1
The act or noise of yammering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
yammer
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjæm.ə/
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General-American: /ˈjæm.ɚ/
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rhymes with -æmə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
A loud noise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
One who yammers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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verb
Meaning 4
To complain peevishly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To talk loudly and persistently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To make an outcry; to clamor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, rare
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verb
Meaning 8
to repeatedly call someone's name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 9
complain whiningly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: whine, grizzle, yawp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
verb
Meaning 10
cry loudly, as of animals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The coyotes were howling in the desert
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: howl, wrawl, yowl
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: utter, emit, let out, let loose
History
Etymology
From Middle English ȝameren, ȝaumeren, yemeren, ȝomeren, from Old English ġeōmrian (“to lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *jāmarōn, from Proto-Germanic *jēmarōną (“to show misery or sadness”), from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful, sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to hold, match, defeat”). Reinforced by cognate Middle Dutch jammeren (modern Dutch jammeren), from the same ultimate origin. Cognate also with Scots yammer, Saterland Frisian jammerje, West Frisian jammerje, German Low German jammern, German jammern, Danish jamre, Norwegian jamre. Compare also Old Norse amra (“to howl, wail, yammer”).
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Jammer — The act or noise of yammering
- Russian: нытьё (nytʹjó) — The act or noise of yammering
- Russian: нытик (nytik) — One who yammers
- Bulgarian: вайкам се (vajkam se) — to complain peevishly
- German: jammern — to complain peevishly
- Hungarian: nyafog — to complain peevishly
- Hungarian: nyavalyog — to complain peevishly
- Hungarian: sopánkodik — to complain peevishly
- Hungarian: siránkozik — to complain peevishly
- Hungarian: óbégat — to complain peevishly
- Hungarian: jammerol — to complain peevishly
- Hungarian: jajgat — to complain peevishly
- Hungarian: sápítozik — to complain peevishly
- Russian: ныть (nytʹ) — to complain peevishly
- Hungarian: ismételget — to repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint
- Hungarian: szajkóz — to repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint
- Hungarian: hajtogat — to repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint
- Hungarian: óbégat — to make an outcry; to clamor
- Hungarian: kiált — to make an outcry; to clamor
- Hungarian: rikolt — to make an outcry; to clamor
- Hungarian: szól — to make an outcry; to clamor