yak
noun
a large, stocky, shaggy-haired wild ox, Bos grunniens, of the Tibetan highlands, having long, curved horns: endangered.
were yakking
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past progressiveof yak.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“We were yakking about what to wear to the next party,” she said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2011
C-SPAN On the first morning of the Democratic National Convention, all the cable-news outfits were yakking about what Hillary Clinton might say--except one.
From Time Magazine Archive
