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also yack
as in to troll
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Recent Examples of yak
Safety car after safety car wailed by, while young fans argued about their favorite drivers and old fans yakked about seasons gone by.
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Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
At 77, the Republican front-runner may even be slipping in the head, yakking about becoming dictator for a day, taking revenge on opponents and mimicking Hitler rhetoric.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
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Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
At 77, the Republican front-runner may even be slipping in the head, yakking about becoming dictator for a day, taking revenge on opponents and mimicking Hitler rhetoric.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yak
Verb
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The coverage was no doubt upsetting in part at least because articles came thick and fast at a time when Meghan was also being trolled on social media.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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Besides being used to troll Drake on national stages from Super Bowl LIX to the 2025 Oscars, the chart-topping track earned the Compton rapper multiple Grammy awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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In other words, to blather on about how unremarkable iPhone 16 is compared to the one immediately preceding it completely misses the forest for the trees.—
Steven Aquino,
Forbes,
3 Oct. 2024
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But who needs to blather on when there is a brisk 90-minute set of lush ‘70s and ‘80s classics to administer?—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
27 Sep. 2024
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Ahead of the audiobook’s May 7 release, and a promotional tour that Wilson admitted is poised to put their love of chat to the ultimate test, the authors spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about all things gab.—
Seija Rankin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Trump’s tendency to gab meant that minimizing his time on the witness stand was a no-brainer.—
John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2023
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But one of the show’s most viral clips is much more representative: The veteran SNL writer Jim Downey pretends to have never heard about Jeffrey Epstein’s misdeeds, to O’Brien’s bleating objections.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2025
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Bao Li, a playful boy who bleats in excitement, climbed dangerously high up a tree.—
Robin Wright,
The New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2025
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Videos circulated on social media showing Herro shoving the other player, who raised his hands in apparent disbelief while Herro seemed to jaw at him.—
Chantz Martin,
Fox News,
16 Mar. 2025
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The Rams took a four-point lead into halftime with Hollier at three fouls, one of them a technical for jawing with the ref.—
Kyle Newman,
The Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2025
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One of the most impressive aspects is a mix of its seasonal and weather systems, with spring buds, fall colors and blanketing snow, mixed with high winds and rainstorms pattering drops on my DualSense controller.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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In the run-up to evening events, the hotel’s long hallways had the vibe of a college dorm, with barefoot teens pattering from room to room.—
Dionne Searcey,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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Another version is dotted with oily little pepperoni cups and smattered with hot honey: simple and satisfying.—
Kara Baskin,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 May 2023
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Lee is also now taking a smattering reps at first base as expected entering the spring.—
Michael Shapiro,
Chron,
17 Mar. 2023
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Or if, in the case of Bumble’s Concierge service, two bots are chatting with each other while each person goes about their day, how will daters know if there is actually a connection based on who each of them really is?—
Myisha Battle,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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Fest latest: Glasgow Film Festival industry boss Samantha Andie Bennett chatted with Diana about a busy year.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Yak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yak. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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