Synonyms for yack
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : yak |
| Phonetic Transcription : yæk |
Top 10 synonyms for yack Other synonyms for the word yack
Définition of yack
Origin :- "to talk, to chatter," slang, 1950, probably echoic (cf. Australian slang yacker "talk, conversation," 1882). Yackety is recorded from 1953.
- As in shoot the breeze : verb chat, converse
- As in prate : verb babble
- Yack, he picks up the trail from here to where you can follow easy.
- Extract from : « The Quirt » by B.M. Bower
- Church a yack (or watch), to take the works of a watch from its original case, and put them into another one, to avoid detection.
- Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
- Tom perceived Andrew's useless emulation, and with a sound translated by 'yack,' sent his leg out a long way.
- Extract from : « Evan Harrington, Complete » by George Meredith
- This latter name accords with Macgillivray's mode of spelling its note, yack chuck, harsh enough, no one will deny.
- Extract from : « British Birds in their Haunts » by Rev. C. A. Johns
Antonyms for yack
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