yakking

Example Sentences

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In the words of the late great Marty DiBergi: Enough of my yakking.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

Nice peaceful places are ruined by your yakking.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2023

It’s a job of waiting and playing, waiting and playing, sometimes waiting on horse pundits on TV to finish their yakking and then playing.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2022

They met, Wilfert recalls, at a reading in 2005; when Wilfert said “I’m going to the bathroom,” Luker said, “I’m going too” and they sat “in adjacent johns,” yakking.

From New York Times • May 2, 2021

He was yakking a mile a minute, saying stuff like “Your momma sure can make a good peanut butter sandwich” and “How come these kids is so darn mean?”

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis