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was yakking

  • past progressive
    of yak.
    yak
    noun
    a large, stocky, shaggy-haired wild ox, Bos grunniens, of the Tibetan highlands, having long, curved horns: endangered.

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Linebacker Blake Costanzo, the special teams ace, was yakking it up with Rams players after multiple plays so I asked him if it was the result of what he considered to be cheap play.

From Chicago Tribune Sep. 24, 2012

He was yakking a mile a minute, saying stuff like “Your momma sure can make a good peanut butter sandwich” and “How come these kids is so darn mean?”

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis

"I told you—" "Just before the 'copter started down, Miss Valdar was yakking about how we were all going to be rich," Parker interrupted.

From Sinister Paradise by Williams, Robert Moore

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