YACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yack mean? 

• YACK (noun)
  The noun YACK has 1 sense:

1. noisy talk

  Familiarity information: YACK used as a noun is very rare.

• YACK (verb)
  The verb YACK has 1 sense:

1. talk incessantly and tiresomely

  Familiarity information: YACK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Noisy talk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

cackle; chatter; yack; yak; yakety-yak

Hypernyms ("yack" is a kind of...):

talk; talking (an exchange of ideas via conversation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yack"):

blether; chin music; idle talk; prate; prattle (idle or foolish and irrelevant talk)

Derivation:

yack (talk incessantly and tiresomely)

• YACK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Talk incessantly and tiresomely

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

jaw; rattle on; yack; yack away; yap away

Hypernyms (to "yack" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue yack
Sam wants to yack with Sue

Derivation:

yack (noisy talk)