yammer
to whine or complain.
to make an outcry or clamor.
to talk loudly and persistently.
to utter clamorously, persistently, or in complaint: They yammered their complaints until she let them see the movie.
the act or noise of yammering.
Origin of yammer
1Other words from yammer
- yam·mer·er, noun
- yam·mer·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use yammer in a sentence
That was just media yammering, but it was echoed on streets and in subways by otherwise reasonable people.
Why the White Americans Got the ‘Secret’ Ebola Serum | Michael Daly | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe issue was a winner for Obama last year, and remember all that postelection yammering about needing young people?
Republicans Move to the Center? Nope, They’re Crazier Than Ever | Michael Tomasky | August 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTry one of these lines out on Cousin Tim to get him to stop yammering about the wonders of his new girlfriend Katie.
This was strange in a fugitive husband, one who had fled across the mountains to escape a perpetual yammering.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydThe yammering stopped, finally, and Izzy stuck his head and one arm out with a snap of his knife.
Police Your Planet | Lester del Rey
His work—one farmer he pulls through diphtheria is worth all my yammering for a castle in Spain.
Main Street | Sinclair LewisAfter the yammering of the baby, the dull rumble-rumble of the train, how delicious!
Red as a Rose is She | Rhoda BroughtonAt last Menyhert's patience was exhausted: "What are you yammering about?"
Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War | Mr Jkai
British Dictionary definitions for yammer
/ (ˈjæmə) informal /
to utter or whine in a complaining or peevish manner
to make (a complaint) loudly or persistently
(intr) (esp of an animal) to howl or wail plaintively or distressingly; yelp or yowl
a yammering sound, wail, or utterance
nonsense; jabber
Origin of yammer
1Derived forms of yammer
- yammerer, noun
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