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yammer

UK /ˈjæm.ə/US /ˈjæm.ɚ/

verb 5
noun 3
forms 3
phrases 1

verb5

To complain peevishly.
To talk loudly and persistently.
To repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint.
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(rare) To make an outcry; to clamor.
- It was a ship, but a whale to the Dark Nebula’s minnow; and on its side was the Spaceship-and-Sun of the Empire. Every alarm on the ship yammered hysterically. — 1951
to repeatedly call someone's name.

noun3

The act or noise of yammering.
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A loud noise.
- The ungodly scream of Jap wings in the wind, and the blood-chilling snarl and yammer of their aerial machine gun and aerial cannon fire was enough to make the very ground shake and tremble. — 1943
One who yammers.

forms

yammered · yammering · yammers

Phrases with yammer

yammer on
To talk continuously, especially with no-one paying attention.

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