yammer

[yam-er]Informal.

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verb (used without object)

to whine or complain.

to make an outcry or clamor.

to talk loudly and persistently.

verb (used with object)

to utter clamorously, persistently, or in complaint: They yammered their complaints until she let them see the movie.

noun

the act or noise of yammering.

Origin of yammer

1275–1325; Middle English yameren (v.) < Middle Dutch jam(m)eren, replacing Middle English yomeren, Old English gēomrian to complain, derivative of gēomor sad; akin to German Jammer lamentation

Related formsyam·mer·er, nounyam·mer·ing·ly, adverb

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Historical Examples of yammer

The tank guns had gone silent, but the yammer of a machine gun took up the song.
Dave Dawson at Dunkirk
Robert Sydney Bowen
It was as if Yammer's face showed in the water into which he thrust the paddle.
Sinister Paradise
Robert Moore Williams
If Miss Ross is no feared for her teeth, sighed Mrs. Yammer.
Merkland
Mrs. Oliphant
Again: "Some folk are never content; if they'd o' th' world gan to 'em, they'd yammer for th' lower shop to put their rubbish in!"
Lancashire Humour
Thomas Newbigging
An' when yo' dad coom home there'd be no Wee Anne to rin to him, and climb on his knee, and yammer to him, and beat his face.
Bob, Son of Battle
Alfred Ollivant

British Dictionary definitions for yammer

yammer

verb

to utter or whine in a complaining or peevish manner

to make (a complaint) loudly or persistently

(intr) (esp of an animal) to howl or wail plaintively or distressingly; yelp or yowl

noun

a yammering sound, wail, or utterance

nonsense; jabber

Derived Formsyammerer, noun

Word Origin for yammer

Old English geōmrian to grumble, complain; related to Old High German iāmar misery, lamentation, Old Norse amra to howl

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Word Origin and History for yammer

late 15c., "to lament," probably from Middle Dutch jammeren and cognate Middle English yeoumeren, "to mourn, complain," from Old English geomrian "to lament," from geomor "sorrowful," probably of imitative origin. Meaning "to make loud, annoying noise" is attested from 1510s. Related: Yammered; yammering.