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yammers

yammers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of yammer.

Meaning of yammer

Verb

yammer (third-person singular simple present yammers, present participle yammering, simple past and past participle yammered)

  1. (intransitive) To complain peevishly.
    Synonyms:
    whine, grumble
  2. (intransitive) To talk loudly and persistently.
  3. (transitive) To repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint.
    Synonyms:
    prattle, babble, yak, yap
  4. (intransitive, rare) To make an outcry; to clamor.
    • It was a ship, but a whale to the Dark Nebula’s minnow; and on its side was the Spaceship-and-Sun of the Empire. Every alarm on the ship yammered hysterically.1951, Isaac Asimov, ““The Merchant Princes”, chapter 17”, in Foundation, part V, Panther Books Ltd, published 1974, page 182
  5. (intransitive) to repeatedly call someone's name.

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Phrases with yammers

Questions about yammers

What is yammers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Yammers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of yammer.

Words near yammers in the dictionary

  1. yammerer
  2. yammerers
  3. yammering
  4. yammering on
  5. yammerings
  6. yammers
  7. yammers on
  8. Yammies
  9. yamming
  10. yammy
  11. Yamnaya

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