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yack⋅e⋅ty-yak

  [yak-i-tee-yak] verb (used without object), -yakked, -yak⋅king, noun Slang.
Use yackety yakking in a Sentence
yak 2 .
Also, yackety-yack, yakety-yak, yakity-yak.

Origin:
1945–50; appar. imit.

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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