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yackety-yakking

yackety-yakking is the present participle of yackety-yak.

Meaning of yackety-yak

Verb

yackety-yak (third-person singular simple present yackety-yaks, present participle yackety-yakking, simple past and past participle yackety-yakked)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To talk pointlessly and uninterruptedly.

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Questions about yackety-yakking

What is yackety-yakking the present participle of?
Yackety-yakking is the present participle of yackety-yak.

Words near yackety-yakking in the dictionary

  1. yackety-yacked
  2. yackety-yacking
  3. yackety-yacks
  4. yackety-yak
  5. yackety-yakked
  6. yackety-yakking
  7. yackety-yaks
  8. yacking
  9. yacking on
  10. yacks
  11. yacks on

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