单词 | yack |
释义 | yackn.1 slang (chiefly Criminals'). Now rare. A watch. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] clock1559 pocket watch?1576 watch1590 munter1594 tattler1688 loge1699 yack1789 thimble1819 ticker1821 toy1826 super1857 kettle1889 1789 Sessions Papers Old Bailey Sept. 801/1 He said they had frisked him from top to toe, but had not found the yack. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 226 Yack, a watch (obsolete). 1846 R. L. Snowden Magistrate's Assistant 346 I..got six Finnips and a Cooter for the Yacks. 1864 in D. L. Gold Comments on Etym. (1988) Apr. 10 We had been ‘serving’ a ‘sixer’ each for ‘nailing’ a ‘boozy bloke’ of his ‘yack’. 1978 Lore & Lang. II. viii. 23 [Market traders' slang] Yak, n. watch (timepiece). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2021). yackn.2 1. A syllable imitative of a snapping sound. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [noun] > others chopa1657 twee1708 cheep1819 boo hoo1841 whoof1846 yack1860 twanka-pang1929 wah-wah1938 1860 G. Meredith Evan Harrington xli, in Once a Week 15 Sept. 312/2 Tom..with a sound translated by ‘yack’, sent his leg out a long way. 2. a. slang. Also yak. Incessant talk of a trivial or boring nature. Frequently reduplicated and as int. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chatter chirma800 clappingc1386 glavera1400 clapa1420 clackc1440 blabc1460 clattera1500 babble?a1525 babblery1532 pratery1533 clitter-clatter1535 by-talk?1551 prattle1555 prittle-prattle1556 twittle-twattle1565 cacquet1567 prate?1574 prattlement1579 babblement1595 gibble-gabble1600 gabble1602 twattlea1639 tolutiloquence1656 pratement1657 gaggle1668 leden1674 cackle1676 twit-twat1677 clash1685 chit-chat1710 chatter-chitter1711 chitter-chatter1712 palavering1732 hubble-bubble1735 palaver1748 rattle1748 gum1751 mag1778 gabber1780 gammon1781 gash1787 chattery1789 gabber1792 whitter-whatter1805 yabble1808 clacket1812 talky-talky1812 potter1818 yatter1827 blue streak1830 gabblement1831 psilologya1834 chin-music1834 patter1841 jaw1842 chatter1851 brabble1861 tongue-work1866 yacker1882 talkee1885 chelp1891 chattermag1895 whitter1897 burble1898 yap1907 clatfart1913 jive1928 logorrhœa1935 waffle1937 yackety-yacking1953 yack1958 yackety-yack1958 motormouth1976 the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > talkativeness [interjection] > incessant chatter yackety1953 yack1958 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] windc1290 trotevalea1300 follyc1300 jangle1340 jangleryc1374 tongue1382 fablec1384 clapa1420 babbling?c1430 clackc1440 pratinga1470 waste?a1475 clattera1500 trattle1513 babble?a1525 tattlea1529 tittle-tattlea1529 chatc1530 babblery1532 bibble-babble1532 slaverings1535 trittle-trattle1563 prate?1574 babblement1595 pribble-prabble1595 pribble1603 morologya1614 pibble-pabblea1616 sounda1616 spitter-spatter1619 argology1623 vaniloquence1623 vaniloquy1623 drivelling1637 jabberment1645 blateration1656 onology1670 whittie-whattiea1687 stultiloquence1721 claver1722 blether1786 havera1796 jaunder1796 havering1808 slaver1825 yatter1827 bugaboo1833 flapdoodle1834 bavardage1835 maunder1835 tattlement1837 slabber1840 gup1848 faddle1850 chatter1851 cock1851 drivel1852 maundering1853 drooling1854 windbaggery1859 blither1866 javer1869 mush1876 slobber1886 guff1888 squit1893 drool1900 macaroni1924 jive1928 natter1943 shtick1948 old talk1956 yack1958 yackety-yack1958 ole talk1964 Haigspeak1981 1958 J. Cannan And be Villain i. 5 That blasted Primrose will have arrived by now—yak yak yak, talking Eve into God knows what. 1965 W. King in Black Short Story Anthol. (1972) 306 Then, through the yak-yak, Mac began to tell us the ‘unusual something’ that he had just recently done. 1972 C. Weston Poor, Poor Ophelia (1973) xxxii. 205 A lot of yak in the news about the missing boot. 1983 N. Freeling Back of North Wind 99 The sudden head-down butt jabbed into someone's face, is a highly effective way of putting a stop to his yack. b. An accent or tone of voice. ΘΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > accent > [noun] accent1596 tang1669 tonea1680 twang1699 cadence1726 blas1906 yack1957 1957 M. Spark Comforters vi. 138 He fiddled with the tape machine... The voice came with an exaggerated soppy yak: ‘Caroline, darling.’ 1975 Camping & Trailering Guide Oct. 33/1 You will hear French Canadian patois mixed with Ontario English, down-Maine tones and New York yak. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). yackv. slang. intransitive. a. rare. To make a snapping sound (cf. yack n.2 1). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [verb (intransitive)] > crack or snap crackc1000 snap1673 yack1873 pistol1898 the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound (of jackdaw) yack1873 1873 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 318 He opens his beak, and yacks like the young jackdaw. b. To engage in trivial or unduly persistent conversation; to chatter. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter chavel?c1225 babblea1250 chattera1250 clacka1250 janglea1300 ganglec1300 clapc1315 mumblec1350 blabberc1375 carp1377 tatterc1380 garre1382 rattlec1400 clatter1401 chimec1405 gabc1405 pattera1450 smattera1450 languetc1450 pratec1460 chat1483 jabber1499 clittera1529 cackle1530 prattle1532 blatter1533 blab1535 to run on pattens1546 tattle1547 prittle-prattlea1555 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 quiddlea1566 brabble1570 clicket1570 twattle1573 gabble1574 prittle1583 to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597 to word it1612 deblaterate1623 tongue1624 twitter1630 snatter1647 oversay1656 whiffle1706 to gallop away1711 splutter1728 gob1770 gibble-gabble1775 palaver1781 to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785 gammon1789 witter1808 yabble1808 yaff1808 mag1810 chelp1820 tongue-pad1825 yatter1825 potter1826 chipper1829 jaw-jaw1831 buzz1832 to shoot off one's mouth1864 yawp1872 blate1878 chin1884 yap1888 spiel1894 to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895 to run off at the mouth1908 chattermag1909 clatfart1913 to talk a streak1915 to run one's mouth1916 natter1942 ear-bash1944 rabbit1950 yack1950 yacker1961 to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965 yacket1969 to twat on1996 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > talk idly [verb (intransitive)] chattera1250 drivelc1390 clatter1401 chatc1440 smattera1450 pratec1460 blaver1461 babble?1504 blether1524 boblec1530 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 fable1579 tinkle1638 whiffle1706 slaver1730 doitera1790 jaunder1808 haver1816 maunder1816 blather1825 yatter1825 blat1846 bibble-babble1888 flap-doodle1893 twiddle1893 spiel1894 rot1896 blither1903 to run off at the mouth1908 drool1923 twiddle-twaddle1925 crap1940 natter1942 yack1950 yacker1961 yacket1969 1950 ‘P. Quentin’ Follower v. 38 Yakked a lot. Know how she is. Talk your ear off... She yakked on about you being in South America. 1955 ‘H. Robbins’ Stone for Danny Fisher i. ix. 65 I was busy yakking with a broad. 1956 W. H. Whyte Organization Man (1957) xxvi. 359 Four or five of the girls and their kids will be yakking away. 1958 T. Roethke Let. 16 Aug. (1970) 220 I've spent nearly the whole of three sessions with my doctor yacking about you. 1958 L. Whishaw As far as you'll take Me iv. 47 Didn't have any breakfast, too busy yacking about women. 1977 J. Porter Who the Heck is Sylvia? vi. 57 She should have acted first and yacked about it afterwards. 1981 J. Trenhaile Kyril xix. 142 Those two will yak all day. Derivatives ˈyacking n. and adj. (also yakking) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] wordyeOE talewisec1200 i-worded?c1225 babblinga1250 cacklinga1250 chatteringa1250 speakfula1250 word-wooda1250 of many wordsc1350 janglingc1374 tatteringc1380 tongueya1382 ganglinga1398 readya1400 jargaunt1412 talkative1432 open-moutheda1470 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 windy1513 popping1528 smatteringa1529 rattle?1529 communicablea1533 blab1552 gaggling1553 long-tongued?1553 prittle-prattle1556 pattering1558 talking1560 bobling1566 gabbling1566 verbal1572 piet1573 twattling1573 flibber gibber1575 babblative1576 tickle-tongued1577 tattling1581 buzzing1587 long-winded1589 multiloquous1591 discoursive1599 rattling1600 glib1602 flippant1605 talkful1605 nimble-tongued1608 tongue-ripe1610 fliperous1611 garrulous?1611 futile1612 overspeaking1612 feather-tongueda1618 tongue-free1617 long-breatheda1628 well-breathed1635 multiloquious1640 untongue-tied1640 unretentive1650 communicative1651 linguacious1651 glibbed1654 largiloquent1656 multiloquent1656 parlagea1657 loose-clacked1661 nimble-chop1662 twit-twat1665 over-talkativea1667 loquacious1667 loudmouth1668 conversable1673 gash1681 narrative1681 chappy1693 apposite1701 conversative1703 gabbit1710 lubricous1715 gabby?1719 ventose1721 taleful1726 chatty?1741 blethering1759 renable1781 fetch-fire1784 conversational1799 conversant1803 gashing1808 long-lunged1815 talky1815 multi-loquacious1819 prolegomenous1822 talky-talky1831 nimble-mouthed1836 slipper1842 speechful1842 gassy1843 in great force1849 yattering1859 babbly1860 irreticent1864 chattable1867 lubrical1867 chattery1869 loose-mouthed1872 chinny1883 tongue-wagging1885 yappy1909 big-mouthed1914 loose-lipped1919 ear-bashing1945 ear-bending1946 yackety-yacking1953 nattering1959 yacking1959 woofy1960 the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat confabulationc1450 device1490 chat1573 tittle-tattle?c1640 small talk1650 confab1701 chit-chat1710 jaw1748 small-talking1786 prose1787 rap1787 coze1804 talky-talky1812 clack1813 chit-chatting1823 cozey1837 gossip1849 mardlea1852 yarn1857 conflab1873 chinwag1879 chopsing1879 cooze1880 chatting1884 schmoozing1884 talky-talk1884 pitch1888 schmooze1895 coosy1903 wongi1929 yap1930 kibitz1931 natter1943 old talk1956 jaw-jaw1958 yacking1959 ole talk1964 rapping1967 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] > indulgence in chatteringa1250 janglingc1330 clatteringc1400 trattlinga1425 jabbering1499 chatting1509 tittle-tattlinga1586 bletheringa1834 nattering1859 yattering1859 blithering1925 yackety-yacking1953 blatting1955 yacking1959 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective] > engaging in idle talk babblinga1250 chatteringa1250 drivellinga1475 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 prating1528 bluddering1553 chatting1589 mouthy1589 dribbling1593 tinkling1625 stultiloquious1683 havering1720 vaniloquent1727 haverela1774 havering1808 stultiloquent1845 yattering1859 blethery1889 blithering1889 yackety-yacking1953 yacketing1958 nattering1959 yacking1959 chopsy1974 1959 ‘S. Ransome’ I'll die for You ii. 29 She could sit at any bar.., with an ear out for all the yakking that goes on, and pick up any amount of gossip. 1971 Time 7 June 31/1 [The ability] to switch away from yakking actresses and the necessity of having yakking starlets for the ratings. 1976 N. Freeling Lake Isle xxvii. 192 Shop~keepers..yelling in the street at yacking housewives. 1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 May 6/4 The sound which emerges from the pages is that of the yakking of debutantes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11789n.21860v.1873 |
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