yammer

[ yam-er ]
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verb (used without object)
  1. to whine or complain.

  2. to make an outcry or clamor.

  1. to talk loudly and persistently.

verb (used with object)
  1. to utter clamorously, persistently, or in complaint: They yammered their complaints until she let them see the movie.

noun
  1. the act or noise of yammering.

Origin of yammer

1
1275–1325; Middle English yameren (v.) <Middle Dutch jam(m)eren, replacing Middle English yomeren,Old English gēomrian to complain, derivative of gēomor sad; akin to German Jammer lamentation

Other words from yammer

  • yam·mer·er, noun
  • yam·mer·ing·ly, adverb

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How to use yammer in a sentence

  • His work—one farmer he pulls through diphtheria is worth all my yammering for a castle in Spain.

    Main Street | Sinclair Lewis
  • After the yammering of the baby, the dull rumble-rumble of the train, how delicious!

    Red as a Rose is She | Rhoda Broughton
  • At last Menyhert's patience was exhausted: "What are you yammering about?"

British Dictionary definitions for yammer

yammer

/ (ˈjæmə) informal /


verb
  1. to utter or whine in a complaining or peevish manner

  2. to make (a complaint) loudly or persistently

  1. (intr) (esp of an animal) to howl or wail plaintively or distressingly; yelp or yowl

noun
  1. a yammering sound, wail, or utterance

  2. nonsense; jabber

Origin of yammer

1
Old English geōmrian to grumble, complain; related to Old High German iāmar misery, lamentation, Old Norse amra to howl

Derived forms of yammer

  • yammerer, noun

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