yackn.1
/jak/, U.S. /jæk/ slang (chiefly Criminals'). Now rare.
A watch.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun]
clock1559
pocket watch?1576
watch1590
munter1594
tattler1688
loge1699
yack1789
thimble1819
ticker1821
toy1826
super1857
kettle1889
1789 Sessions Papers Old Bailey Sept. 801/1 He said they had frisked him from top to toe, but had not found the yack.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 226 Yack, a watch (obsolete).
1846 R. L. Snowden Magistrate's Assistant 346 I..got six Finnips and a Cooter for the Yacks.
1864 in D. L. Gold Comments on Etym. (1988) Apr. 10 We had been ‘serving’ a ‘sixer’ each for ‘nailing’ a ‘boozy bloke’ of his ‘yack’.
1978 Lore & Lang. II. viii. 23 [Market traders' slang] Yak, n. watch (timepiece).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
yackn.2
/jak/, U.S. /jæk/ 1. A syllable imitative of a snapping sound.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [noun] > others
chopa1657
twee1708
cheep1819
boo hoo1841
whoof1846
yack1860
twanka-pang1929
wah-wah1938
1860 G. Meredith Evan Harrington xli, in Once a Week 15 Sept. 312/2 Tom..with a sound translated by ‘yack’, sent his leg out a long way.
2.
a. slang. Also yak. Incessant talk of a trivial or boring nature. Frequently reduplicated and as int.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chatter
chirma800
clappingc1386
glavera1400
clapa1420
clackc1440
blabc1460
clattera1500
babble?a1525
babblery1532
pratery1533
clitter-clatter1535
by-talk?1551
prattle1555
prittle-prattle1556
twittle-twattle1565
cacquet1567
prate?1574
prattlement1579
babblement1595
gibble-gabble1600
gabble1602
twattlea1639
tolutiloquence1656
pratement1657
gaggle1668
leden1674
cackle1676
twit-twat1677
clash1685
chit-chat1710
chatter-chitter1711
chitter-chatter1712
palavering1732
hubble-bubble1735
palaver1748
rattle1748
gum1751
mag1778
gabber1780
gammon1781
gash1787
chattery1789
gabber1792
whitter-whatter1805
yabble1808
clacket1812
talky-talky1812
potter1818
yatter1827
blue streak1830
gabblement1831
psilologya1834
chin-music1834
patter1841
jaw1842
chatter1851
brabble1861
tongue-work1866
yacker1882
talkee1885
chelp1891
chattermag1895
whitter1897
burble1898
yap1907
clatfart1913
jive1928
logorrhœa1935
waffle1937
yackety-yacking1953
yack1958
yackety-yack1958
motormouth1976
the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > talkativeness [interjection] > incessant chatter
yackety1953
yack1958
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun]
windc1290
trotevalea1300
follyc1300
jangle1340
jangleryc1374
tongue1382
fablec1384
clapa1420
babbling?c1430
clackc1440
pratinga1470
waste?a1475
clattera1500
trattle1513
babble?a1525
tattlea1529
tittle-tattlea1529
chatc1530
babblery1532
bibble-babble1532
slaverings1535
trittle-trattle1563
prate?1574
babblement1595
pribble-prabble1595
pribble1603
morologya1614
pibble-pabblea1616
sounda1616
spitter-spatter1619
argology1623
vaniloquence1623
vaniloquy1623
drivelling1637
jabberment1645
blateration1656
onology1670
whittie-whattiea1687
stultiloquence1721
claver1722
blether1786
havera1796
jaunder1796
havering1808
slaver1825
yatter1827
bugaboo1833
flapdoodle1834
bavardage1835
maunder1835
tattlement1837
slabber1840
gup1848
faddle1850
chatter1851
cock1851
drivel1852
maundering1853
drooling1854
windbaggery1859
blither1866
javer1869
mush1876
slobber1886
guff1888
squit1893
drool1900
macaroni1924
jive1928
natter1943
shtick1948
old talk1956
yack1958
yackety-yack1958
ole talk1964
Haigspeak1981
1958 J. Cannan And be Villain i. 5 That blasted Primrose will have arrived by now—yak yak yak, talking Eve into God knows what.
1965 W. 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.
1972 C. Weston Poor, Poor Ophelia (1973) xxxii. 205 A lot of yak in the news about the missing boot.
1983 N. 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.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > accent > [noun]
accent1596
tang1669
tonea1680
twang1699
cadence1726
blas1906
yack1957
1957 M. Spark Comforters vi. 138 He fiddled with the tape machine... The voice came with an exaggerated soppy yak: ‘Caroline, darling.’
1975 Camping & Trailering Guide Oct. 33/1 You will hear French Canadian patois mixed with Ontario English, down-Maine tones and New York yak.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
yackv.
/jak/, U.S. /jæk/ slang.
intransitive.
a. rare. To make a snapping sound (cf. yack n.2 1).
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [verb (intransitive)] > crack or snap
crackc1000
snap1673
yack1873
pistol1898
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound (of jackdaw)
yack1873
1873 W. 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.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter
chavel?c1225
babblea1250
chattera1250
clacka1250
janglea1300
ganglec1300
clapc1315
mumblec1350
blabberc1375
carp1377
tatterc1380
garre1382
rattlec1400
clatter1401
chimec1405
gabc1405
pattera1450
smattera1450
languetc1450
pratec1460
chat1483
jabber1499
clittera1529
cackle1530
prattle1532
blatter1533
blab1535
to run on pattens1546
tattle1547
prittle-prattlea1555
trattlea1555
tittle-tattle1556
quiddlea1566
brabble1570
clicket1570
twattle1573
gabble1574
prittle1583
to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597
to word it1612
deblaterate1623
tongue1624
twitter1630
snatter1647
oversay1656
whiffle1706
to gallop away1711
splutter1728
gob1770
gibble-gabble1775
palaver1781
to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785
gammon1789
witter1808
yabble1808
yaff1808
mag1810
chelp1820
tongue-pad1825
yatter1825
potter1826
chipper1829
jaw-jaw1831
buzz1832
to shoot off one's mouth1864
yawp1872
blate1878
chin1884
yap1888
spiel1894
to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895
to run off at the mouth1908
chattermag1909
clatfart1913
to talk a streak1915
to run one's mouth1916
natter1942
ear-bash1944
rabbit1950
yack1950
yacker1961
to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965
yacket1969
to twat on1996
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > talk idly [verb (intransitive)]
chattera1250
drivelc1390
clatter1401
chatc1440
smattera1450
pratec1460
blaver1461
babble?1504
blether1524
boblec1530
trattlea1555
tittle-tattle1556
fable1579
tinkle1638
whiffle1706
slaver1730
doitera1790
jaunder1808
haver1816
maunder1816
blather1825
yatter1825
blat1846
bibble-babble1888
flap-doodle1893
twiddle1893
spiel1894
rot1896
blither1903
to run off at the mouth1908
drool1923
twiddle-twaddle1925
crap1940
natter1942
yack1950
yacker1961
yacket1969
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.
1956 W. H. Whyte Organization Man (1957) xxvi. 359 Four or five of the girls and their kids will be yakking away.
1958 T. Roethke Let. 16 Aug. (1970) 220 I've spent nearly the whole of three sessions with my doctor yacking about you.
1958 L. Whishaw As far as you'll take Me iv. 47 Didn't have any breakfast, too busy yacking about women.
1977 J. Porter Who the Heck is Sylvia? vi. 57 She should have acted first and yacked about it afterwards.
1981 J. Trenhaile Kyril xix. 142 Those two will yak all day.
Derivatives
ˈyacking n. and adj. (also yakking)
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]
wordyeOE
talewisec1200
i-worded?c1225
babblinga1250
cacklinga1250
chatteringa1250
speakfula1250
word-wooda1250
of many wordsc1350
janglingc1374
tatteringc1380
tongueya1382
ganglinga1398
readya1400
jargaunt1412
talkative1432
open-moutheda1470
clattering1477
trattling?a1513
windy1513
popping1528
smatteringa1529
rattle?1529
communicablea1533
blab1552
gaggling1553
long-tongued?1553
prittle-prattle1556
pattering1558
talking1560
bobling1566
gabbling1566
verbal1572
piet1573
twattling1573
flibber gibber1575
babblative1576
tickle-tongued1577
tattling1581
buzzing1587
long-winded1589
multiloquous1591
discoursive1599
rattling1600
glib1602
flippant1605
talkful1605
nimble-tongued1608
tongue-ripe1610
fliperous1611
garrulous?1611
futile1612
overspeaking1612
feather-tongueda1618
tongue-free1617
long-breatheda1628
well-breathed1635
multiloquious1640
untongue-tied1640
unretentive1650
communicative1651
linguacious1651
glibbed1654
largiloquent1656
multiloquent1656
parlagea1657
loose-clacked1661
nimble-chop1662
twit-twat1665
over-talkativea1667
loquacious1667
loudmouth1668
conversable1673
gash1681
narrative1681
chappy1693
apposite1701
conversative1703
gabbit1710
lubricous1715
gabby?1719
ventose1721
taleful1726
chatty?1741
blethering1759
renable1781
fetch-fire1784
conversational1799
conversant1803
gashing1808
long-lunged1815
talky1815
multi-loquacious1819
prolegomenous1822
talky-talky1831
nimble-mouthed1836
slipper1842
speechful1842
gassy1843
in great force1849
yattering1859
babbly1860
irreticent1864
chattable1867
lubrical1867
chattery1869
loose-mouthed1872
chinny1883
tongue-wagging1885
yappy1909
big-mouthed1914
loose-lipped1919
ear-bashing1945
ear-bending1946
yackety-yacking1953
nattering1959
yacking1959
woofy1960
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat
confabulationc1450
device1490
chat1573
tittle-tattle?c1640
small talk1650
confab1701
chit-chat1710
jaw1748
small-talking1786
prose1787
rap1787
coze1804
talky-talky1812
clack1813
chit-chatting1823
cozey1837
gossip1849
mardlea1852
yarn1857
conflab1873
chinwag1879
chopsing1879
cooze1880
chatting1884
schmoozing1884
talky-talk1884
pitch1888
schmooze1895
coosy1903
wongi1929
yap1930
kibitz1931
natter1943
old talk1956
jaw-jaw1958
yacking1959
ole talk1964
rapping1967
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] > indulgence in
chatteringa1250
janglingc1330
clatteringc1400
trattlinga1425
jabbering1499
chatting1509
tittle-tattlinga1586
bletheringa1834
nattering1859
yattering1859
blithering1925
yackety-yacking1953
blatting1955
yacking1959
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective] > engaging in idle talk
babblinga1250
chatteringa1250
drivellinga1475
clattering1477
trattling?a1513
prating1528
bluddering1553
chatting1589
mouthy1589
dribbling1593
tinkling1625
stultiloquious1683
havering1720
vaniloquent1727
haverela1774
havering1808
stultiloquent1845
yattering1859
blethery1889
blithering1889
yackety-yacking1953
yacketing1958
nattering1959
yacking1959
chopsy1974
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.
1971 Time 7 June 31/1 [The ability] to switch away from yakking actresses and the necessity of having yakking starlets for the ratings.
1976 N. Freeling Lake Isle xxvii. 192 Shop~keepers..yelling in the street at yacking housewives.
1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 May 6/4 The sound which emerges from the pages is that of the yakking of debutantes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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