yackety-yak

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

prolonged chatter; uninterrupted, idle talk; gossip

Verb

To talk pointlessly and uninterruptedly.

Concepts

caqueter

jacasser

Synonymes

yak

Étymologie (Anglais)

Resembles yak (“to chatter”) + -ety or yacket + -y with reduplication; all are ultimately imitative or sound-symbolic in origin.