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yammer

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yammer /ˈjæmɚ/ verb
yammers; yammered; yammering
yammer
/ˈjæmɚ/
verb
yammers; yammered; yammering
Learner's definition of YAMMER
[no object] informal
: to talk in an annoying way usually for a long time喋喋不休;发牢骚;大吵大嚷
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yammer

verb

yam·​mer ˈya-mər How to pronounce yammer (audio)
yammered; yammering ˈya-mə-riŋ How to pronounce yammer (audio)
ˈyam-riŋ

intransitive verb

1
a
: to utter repeated cries of distress or sorrow
b
2
: to utter persistent complaints : whine
3
: to talk persistently or volubly and often loudly
caused the purists to yammer for censorship D. W. Maurer
yammer noun

Example Sentences

customers yammered on for what seemed like days about the billing mistake
Recent Examples on the Web Abandoned on my own private Exile Island without a recap in which to yammer on endlessly about trivial matters that are of no real importance whatsoever. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2021 Only in a minority of cases did one partner want to yammer on whereas the other wished to cut things off. Cathleen O’grady, Science | AAAS, 1 Mar. 2021 Where are all the hanging geraniums? Kids yammering for ice cream? Sue Hertz, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2018 There was already enough finger-pointing, yammering about bad people doing bad things. Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 29 Mar. 2018 The North Koreans had largely let the South Koreans do the talking until Bolton started yammering on about Libya. Sean Illing, Vox, 24 May 2018 The president yammered about several topics, including his ties to Michael Cohen, Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, and Kanye West’s recent pro-Trump tweets. Laura Bradley, HWD, 27 Apr. 2018 In other words, the event all those Y2K conspiracy theorists were yammering about 18 years ago has finally happened, and we're all doomed. Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 8 Feb. 2018 There was still a really strong turnout, but on the periphery, people were yammering and there was a steady flow of people exiting throughout. Robert Morast, Houston Chronicle, 18 Dec. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English yameren, alteration of yomeren to murmur, be sad, from Old English gēomrian; akin to Old High German jāmaron to be sad

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of yammer was in the 15th century
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