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also yack
as in to troll
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Recent Examples of yak
Probabilities decrease the further to the right, but multiplying terms gives one a rough guess of who’s out there yakking it up.
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Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Safety car after safety car wailed by, while young fans argued about their favorite drivers and old fans yakked about seasons gone by.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
At 77, the Republican front-runner may even be slipping in the head, yakking about becoming dictator for a day, taking revenge on opponents and mimicking Hitler rhetoric.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
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Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Safety car after safety car wailed by, while young fans argued about their favorite drivers and old fans yakked about seasons gone by.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
At 77, the Republican front-runner may even be slipping in the head, yakking about becoming dictator for a day, taking revenge on opponents and mimicking Hitler rhetoric.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yak
Verb
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In lighter news about Gallagher’s recent X activity, the musician recently praised a fan who hilariously trolled Billie Joe Armstrong at a recent Green Day show.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
3 July 2025
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Ja Rule may have to walk back his latest attempt at trolling 50 Cent, after official reports from the Hip-Hop icon’s recent Legacy Tour stop in Germany told a different story.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
2 July 2025
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Yet in the president’s social media blathering last week came something shocking: an admission that deportations don’t really work.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2025
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As Wharton continues to blather at June, Luke, Rita and a bunch of others move from the back of the crowd to the front.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
20 May 2025
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These conversations teach a person how to gab and, perhaps more importantly, how to respond to spicy information.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Chatting with the Oscar winner about her go-to wide-leg jeans (the trend-setter has been going barrel since before the denim style gained mass appeal) was like stepping into that scene in every Nancy Meyers movie where the gals gab about divorce over a buttery chard.—
Brie Schwartz,
Glamour,
27 May 2025
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In turn, Bao Li — the social one, the zoo noted — happily bleated back.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Sheep were bleating, kicking, and being hurled in all directions.—
Cyril E. Holland,
Outdoor Life,
8 May 2025
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Sakkari started jawing at Putintseva, and Putintseva responded with a curtsy.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2025
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Against the Detroit Tigers in May, Neto jawed with Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
Verb
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The sky was gray, and rain pattered down through the leaves.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Jan. 2025
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Timbaland’s programming is at warp level, with pattering percussion across drum heads, yielding a crowd-pleaser that Elliott carries at a galloping pace.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Another version is dotted with oily little pepperoni cups and smattered with hot honey: simple and satisfying.—
Kara Baskin,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 May 2023
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Glover’s patchwork ethos is smattered across its seven installments.—
WIRED,
WIRED,
17 Mar. 2023
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The Drake Equation, created in 1961 by astronomer Frake Drake, is a way researchers guesstimate how many alien civilizations might be chatting out there in the Milky Way.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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On the outing, the couple was photographed walking together side-by-side, chatting and smiling.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
13 July 2025
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“Yak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yak. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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