yak
noun
[ jak ]
• a large domesticated wild ox with shaggy hair, humped shoulders, and large horns, used in Tibet as a pack animal and for its milk, meat, and hide.
Origin:
late 18th century: from Tibetan gyag .
yak
noun
• trivial or unduly prolonged conversation.
yak
verb
• talk at length about trivial or boring subjects.
• "she wondered what he was yakking about"
Similar:
prattle,
blather,
blether,
blither,
babble (on),
gabble,
prate,
drivel,
rattle on/away,
ramble,
maunder,
go on,
run on,
talk at length,
talk incessantly,
talk a lot,
chatter,
yap,
gossip,
talk nineteen to the dozen,
slabber on,
jabber,
blabber,
yatter,
jaw,
gab,
gas,
chit-chat,
yackety-yak,
rabbit,
witter,
waffle,
natter,
chunter,
run off at the mouth,
mag,
twaddle,
twattle,
claver,
clack,
Origin:
1950s: imitative.
