yakked

verb

variants also yacked
past tense of yak
as in gabbed

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  1. chatted
  2. trolled
  3. chattered
  4. babbled
  5. sputtered
  6. bleated
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  • Holland can be heard saying in the video, while the Euphoria star, whose full name is Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, chatted with a reporter.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
  • Flow Space chatted with two leading experts about the best ways to keep your eyes healthy in midlife and beyond.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 July 2026
Definition of chatted
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  • The comedian and actress trolled the happy couple with several Instagram posts, including a spoof outfit for Thursday night’s rehearsal dinner and a still from her TV series Life & Beth.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2026
  • This is not the first time Newsom’s press office has trolled a politician.
    — Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 28 May 2026
Definition of trolled
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  • Around the family, people shared takeout dinners, swung on hammocks and chattered.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
  • The youthful musicians chattered away like creatures of the Transylvanian night.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of chattered
Verb
  • But Bhatta was hypothermic and occasionally babbled gibberish.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
  • As Lindell babbled on about baseless conspiracy theories involving voting in De Baraso’s home state of Georgia, the 12-year-old shut him down.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
Definition of babbled
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  • Oil prices fell Monday even as diplomatic efforts to end the US-Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz sputtered.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The redshirt junior signal caller sputtered to start the first half of 2025, but by November, Manning was one of the best quarterbacks in the country and should carry that over into this year.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of sputtered
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  • The old man bleated out a laugh.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of bleated
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