yakety-yak

yak¹

(yæk)

n.

1. a large, shaggy-haired wild ox, Bos grunniens, of the Tibetan highlands, having long, curved horns.

2. a domesticated variety of this animal.

[1785–95; < Tibetan, sp. gyag]

yak²

or yack

(yæk)

v. yakked yacked, yak•king yack•ing, v.i.

1. to gab; chatter.

n.

2. incessant idle or gossipy talk.

[1945–50; appar. of expressive orig.]

yak′ker, n.

yak³

(yæk)

n., v.i., v.t. yakked, yak•king. Slang.

yuk ¹.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

yakety-yak - noisy talk         chatter, yack, yak, cackle talk, talking - an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here" blether, chin music, idle talk, prate, prattle - idle or foolish and irrelevant talk