YAMMER


Meaning of YAMMER in English

— yammerer , n. — yammeringly , adv.

/yam"euhr/ , Informal.

v.i.

1. to whine or complain.

2. to make an outcry or clamor.

3. to talk loudly and persistently.

v.t.

4. to utter clamorously, persistently, or in complaint: They yammered their complaints until she let them see the movie.

n.

5. the act or noise of yammering.

[ 1275-1325; ME yameren (v.) jam(m ) eren, r. ME yomeren, OE geomrian to complain, deriv. of geomor sad; akin to G Jammer lamentation ]

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