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▪ I. yack, n.1 slang (chiefly Criminals'). Now rare.|jæk|
Also yak.
[Prob. a. Romany ya(c)k eye (cf. bull's-eye n. 13).]
A watch.
1789Sessions Papers Old Bailey Sept. 801/1 He said they had frisked him from top to toe, but had not found the yack. 1812J. H. Vaux Vocab. Flash Lang. in Mem. (1819) II. 226 Yack, a watch (obsolete). 1846[see finnip n.]. 1864in D. L. Gold Comments on Etym. (1988) Apr. 10 We had been ‘serving’ a ‘sixer’ each for ‘nailing’ a ‘boozy bloke’ of his ‘yack’. 1978Lore & Lang. II. viii. 23 [Market traders' slang] Yak, n. watch (timepiece).
▪ II. yack, n.|jæk|
1. A syllable imitative of a snapping sound.
1861Meredith Evan Harrington xli, Tom..with a sound translated by ‘yack’, sent his leg out a long way.
2. slang. Also yak. Incessant talk of a trivial or boring nature. Freq. reduplicated and as int.
1958J. Cannan And be Villain i. 5 That blasted Primrose will have arrived by now—yak yak yak, talking Eve into God knows what. 1965W. King in Black Short Story Anthol. (1972) 306 Then, through the yak-yak, Mac began to tell us the ‘unusual something’ that he had just recently done. 1972C. Weston Poor, Poor Ophelia (1973) xxxii. 205 A lot of yak in the news about the missing boot. 1983N. Freeling Back of North Wind 99 The sudden head-down butt jabbed into someone's face, is a highly effective way of putting a stop to his yack.
b. An accent or tone of voice.
1957M. Spark Comforters vi. 138 He fiddled with the tape machine... The voice came with an exaggerated soppy yak: ‘Caroline, darling.’ 1975Camping & Trailering Guide Oct. 33/1 You will hear French Canadian patois mixed with Ontario English, down-Maine tones and New York yak.
▪ III. yack, v. slang.|jæk|
Also yak.
[Echoic, or f. yack n.]
intr. a. rare. To make a snapping sound (cf. yack n. 1).
1873W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 318 He opens his beak, and yacks like the young jackdaw.
b. To engage in trivial or unduly persistent conversation; to chatter.
1950‘P. Quentin’ Follower v. 38 Yakked a lot. Know how she is. Talk your ear off... She yakked on about you being in South America. 1955‘H. Robbins’ Stone for Danny Fisher i. ix. 65, I was busy yakking with a broad. 1956W. H. Whyte Organization Man (1957) xxvi. 359 Four or five of the girls and their kids will be yakking away. 1958T. Roethke Let. 16 Aug. (1970) 220 I've spent nearly the whole of three sessions with my doctor yacking about you. 1958L. Whishaw As far as You'll take Me iv. 47 Didn't have any breakfast, too busy yacking about women. 1977J. Porter Who the Heck is Sylvia? vi. 57 She should have acted first and yacked about it afterwards. 1981J. Trenhaile Kyril xix. 142 Those two will yak all day.
Hence ˈyacking, yakking vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1959‘S. Ransome’ I'll die for You ii. 29 She could sit at any bar.., with an ear out for all the yakking that goes on, and pick up any amount of gossip. 1971Time 7 June 31/1 [The ability] to switch away from yakking actresses and the necessity of having yakking starlets for the ratings. 1976N. Freeling Lake Isle xxvii. 192 Shop⁓keepers..yelling in the street at yacking housewives. 1977N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 May 6/4 The sound which emerges from the pages is that of the yakking of debutantes.
▪ IV. yack
var. yerk, to beat; dial. f. oak. |