yakka

yakka noun: work.

Noun (1)

yakka (uncountable)

(Australia) Work.
- The demand for work and abortion shows that feminists have been coopted by the wimps, whose ideal is the single mother yoked to tough yakka; for it frees them to drift between bedrooms and bathhouses.1986, Quadrant, Volume 30, page 42
- The slaves who do all the yakka could be another species, small and easily bullied. Failing that, enslaved humans will do.1991 July 3, Michael Barlow, “PURDITORY: Harridans [Harsoc]”, in aus.games.roleplay (Usenet)

Verb

yakka

(Australia) To work.

Noun (2)

yakka (plural yakkas or yakke)

(India, North, South-Asia, derogatory, slang, sometimes) a Sikh living in the Sikh diaspora, especially one from the West

Antonyms:

dipper

yakka meaning in Tamil

yakka in Tamil

கடினவுழைப்பு, கடுவுழைப்பு

Antonyms of yakka

dipper

Forms of yakka

alternative form	yakker
plural	yakkas
plural	yakke

Origin of yakka

From Yagara yaga (“work”).

From Punjabi ਯੱਕਾ (yakkā), usually referring to an ace (a type of playing card) or a horse-drawn cart, but can also be translated into the English expletive fuck. However, the slang usage of the term is said to be a corruption of Yankee.

Words formed from yakka

hard yakka

Questions about yakka

What does yakka mean?: Yakka means work.
What is yakka in Tamil?: Yakka in Tamil is கடினவுழைப்பு, கடுவுழைப்பு. See Yakka meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is yakka?: Yakka can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of yakka?: The plural of yakka is yakkas.

Words near yakka in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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