Antonyms for yack

Grammar : Verb

Spell : yak

Phonetic Transcription : yæk

Definition of yack

Origin : "to talk, to chatter," slang, 1950, probably echoic (cf. Australian slang yacker "talk, conversation," 1882). Yackety is recorded from 1953.

As in shoot the breeze : verb chat, converse
As in prate : verb babble

Example sentences :

Yack, he picks up the trail from here to where you can follow easy.
Extract from : « The Quirt » by B.M. Bower

Church a yack (or watch), to take the works of a watch from its original case, and put them into another one, to avoid detection.
Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten

Tom perceived Andrew's useless emulation, and with a sound translated by 'yack,' sent his leg out a long way.
Extract from : « Evan Harrington, Complete » by George Meredith

This latter name accords with Macgillivray's mode of spelling its note, yack chuck, harsh enough, no one will deny.
Extract from : « British Birds in their Haunts » by Rev. C. A. Johns

Synonyms for yack

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