All yacking synonyms
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Y y adjective yacking
- talkative β inclined to talk a great deal: One drink and she became very talkative.
- chatty β Someone who is chatty talks a lot in a friendly, informal way.
- garrulous β excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
- long-winded β talking or writing at tedious length: long-winded after-dinner speakers.
- voluble β characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative: a voluble spokesman for the cause.
- babbling β inarticulate or imperfect speech.
- chattering β rapid and continuous talk
- fluent β spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
- gabby β talkative; garrulous.
- gossipy β given to or fond of gossip: a gossipy neighbor.
- jabbering β rapid, indistinct, or nonsensical talk; gibberish.
- loose-lipped β tending toward indiscriminate and uninhibited talk.
- motormouth β a person who is a constant or irrepressible talker.
- multiloquent β Talkative.
- prolix β extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
- verbose β characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report.
- wordy β characterized by or given to the use of many, or too many, words; verbose: She grew impatient at his wordy reply.
- bombastic β If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- circumlocutory β a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
- diffuse β to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
- flowery β covered with or having many flowers.
- fustian β a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
- grandiloquent β speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- involved β very intricate or complex: an involved reply.
- loquacious β talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- magniloquent β speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
- palaverous β a conference or discussion.
- periphrastic β circumlocutory; roundabout.
- pleonastic β the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
- redundant β characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas; prolix: a redundant style.
- repetitious β full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- repetitive β pertaining to or characterized by repetition.
- rhetorical β used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- talky β having or containing superfluous or purposeless talk, conversation, or dialogue, especially so as to impede action or progress: a talky play that bored the audience.
- tautological β needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in βwidow woman.β.
- tautologous β needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in βwidow woman.β.
- tedious β event: dull
- tortuous β full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting, winding, or crooked: a tortuous path.
- windy β accompanied or characterized by wind: a windy day.
verb yacking
- chat β When people chat, they talk to each other in an informal and friendly way.
- converse β If you converse with someone, you talk to them. You can also say that two people converse.
- bs β BS is an abbreviation for 'British Standard', which is a standard that something sold in Britain must reach in a test to prove that it is satisfactory or safe. Each standard has a number for reference.
- chatter β If you chatter, you talk quickly and continuously, usually about things which are not important.
- chew the fat β If people chew the fat, they talk in a relaxed, informal way.
- gab β to talk or chat idly; chatter.
- palaver β a conference or discussion.
- prate β to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble: They prated on until I was ready to scream.
- prattle β to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
- run off at the mouth β Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.
- schmooze β to chat idly; gossip.