yakked

variants also yacked
Definition of yakkednext
past tense of yak
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Verb
  • Children hoisted high on shoulders, retirees on morning strolls and hundreds of others at Lincoln Park Zoo chatted in anticipation of seeing a baby rhinoceros’ first public appearance yesterday morning.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The two men, who were flanked by their wives, chatted during the parade, which was capped with a flyover of four F-35 military jets.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • After last week’s debate, there was lots of social media posturing about who won and who trolled whom the best.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Beltrán trolled his own teammate on national television by drawing fake hair on his head with it.
    Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The two lovebirds chattered on happily about the book.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Clancy then walked in from behind the stage, carrying a bouquet of flowers as the students chattered.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • But Bhatta was hypothermic and occasionally babbled gibberish.
    Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
  • As Lindell babbled on about baseless conspiracy theories involving voting in De Baraso’s home state of Georgia, the 12-year-old shut him down.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But Brown has seemed to often be frustrated by his role in the team’s offense, which continued last fall as his production dipped and the offense as a whole sputtered.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Judge Dredd has two movies of varying quality, but attempts to follow the 2012 version with a TV show appear to have sputtered out.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The old man bleated out a laugh.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Yakked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yakked. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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