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yakking

  • present participle of yak.
  • a word form of yak.

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In the words of the late great Marty DiBergi: Enough of my yakking.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2026

Nice peaceful places are ruined by your yakking.

From Seattle Times Jun. 25, 2023

It’s a job of waiting and playing, waiting and playing, sometimes waiting on horse pundits on TV to finish their yakking and then playing.

From Washington Post May 7, 2022

In truth, the answer was: no one about to be onscreen yakking had much of anything to offer.

From Salon Dec. 1, 2019

I couldn’t say what or who they were, but yet here was Mother yakking it up with them like old home week.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver