Dictionary

yakky en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈjæki/

Etymology

From yak + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) chatty, talkative
   • A little skinny kid had started working behind the bar, and I'd swear he was James Joyce's great grandson: thin face, thick glasses and a frail physique. He was yakky and a bit snappy and thoroughly entertaining 2009, Jesse Lovelace, Keep to the Left!: Freewheeling Through Ireland, published 2002:
   • I notice my husband and Ken are not talking to each other, most unusual in such a yakky family. 2011, Candida Lawrence, Fear Itself:
   • Perfectly charming and at ease on stage, he's equally rambling and yakky in an interview. 1999, Deb Schwarz, the Rufus on Fire, Out - January 1999 issue page 66

Forms

Deriveds

yakkiness · yakkily

Synonyms

talkative