MEANING
To complain or talk continuously in a loud, irritating way.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- yammer on
- yammer about the cost
On the page
Two passengers yammered about the delay while the driver checked the engine.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- yammer
- Past tense
- yammered
- Past participle
- yammered
- Present participle
- yammering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- yammer
- Present continuous
- am/is/are yammering
- Present perfect
- have/has yammered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been yammering
- Past
- yammered
- Past continuous
- was/were yammering
- Past perfect
- had yammered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been yammering
- Future
- will yammer
- Future continuous
- will be yammering
- Future perfect
- will have yammered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been yammering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: yammer; yammers; yammered; yammered; yammering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: yammers.
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