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yack

  [yak] ,
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–verb (used without object), noun Slang.
yak 2 .
Related forms:
yacker, noun

yak

2  [yak] ,verb, yakked, yak⋅king, noun Slang.
–verb (used without object)
1. to talk, esp. uninterruptedly and idly; gab; chatter: They've been yakking on the phone for over an hour.
–noun
2. incessant idle or gossipy talk.
Also, yack, yackety-yak.

Origin:
1945–50, Americanism; appar. of expressive orig.

Related forms:
yakker, noun
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yack   (yāk)   
v.   & n. Slang
Variant of yak2.
yak 2 also yack   (yāk)   
intr.v.   yakked also yacked, yak·king also yack·ing, yaks also yacks
To talk persistently and meaninglessly; chatter.
n.  Prolonged, sometimes senseless talk; chatter.

[Imitative.]
yak'ker n.
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Slang Dictionary
yack [jæk] and [jɔk, jək]

and yock; yuck; yuk
  1. n.
    a foolish person. : Who's the yock wearing the red bandana?
  2. n.
    idle chatter. : I've heard enough yack to last me a lifetime.

  3. Go to yak. :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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yak [jæk]

and yack
  1. in.
    to talk. : Stop yakking for a minute.
  2. n.
    a chat. : We had a nice little yack and then left for work.
  3. n.
    a joke. : Don't tell that yack again. It's not a winner.
  4. n.
    a laugh from a joke. : The audience produced a feeble yak that was mostly from embarrassment.
  5. in.
    to vomit. (Onomatopoetic.) : Hank was in the john yakking all night.
  6. n.
    cognac. (Streets.) : My man, have some yak.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

yack  (v.)
"to talk, to chatter," slang, 1950, probably echoic (cf. Australian slang yacker "talk, conversation," 1882). Yackety is recorded from 1953.

yak  (1)
"wild ox of central Asia," 1795, from Tibetan g-yag "male yak."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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