yakker

English

Etymology 1

yak +‎ -er

Pronunciation
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Noun

yakker (plural yakkers)

  1. (slang) One who yaks; a chatterbox or motormouth.
    • 1999, "Weird Al" Yankovic, "It's All About The Pentiums" (song):
      Wanna be hackers? Code crackers? Slackers? Wastin' time with all the chat room yakkers?
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
      “We Norwegians are great readers,” Mrs. Nygren took the opportunity to remark.
      “And great yakkers,” Mr. Söderblad muttered.

Etymology 2

Said to be from the flight path of the yawker bird.

Noun

yakker (plural yakkers)

  1. (baseball, slang) A curveball or slider.
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