as in whine
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
a soccer coach having to endure the endless yammers from parents that their kids weren't getting enough time on the field
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as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
customers yammered on for what seemed like days about the billing mistake
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Recent Examples of yammer
Peter Bogdanovich,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
There’s also an inanimate object that directly affects Paul’s future so profoundly that this small prop might as well be a lurking, yammering figure in the diner.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
21 Feb. 2026
But ultimately, it's created a lot of yammering and once everyone went to video and once old school mainstream show business started to collapse in on itself, people were really able through bubbles and tribalization, able to build their own show business empires.
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H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
Our anti-aircraft guns are yammering, and every so often a bomb strikes so close as to rock this ship.
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Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
26 May 2025
Pass the mic Sometimes, you’ll be caught in a meeting with someone who’s been yammering on for 6 minutes and counting.
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Angela Haupt,
Time,
16 May 2025
Come back next week for more yammering about nothing.
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Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
7 May 2025
Show creator Taylor Sheridan is ripped, shirtless and yammering about corndogs!
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William Earl,
Variety,
9 Dec. 2024
Brennan and O'Donnell also kept the debate moving, refusing to let either candidate yammer on.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
2 Oct. 2024
Verb
Lots of fussy bow-tie types yammering about Renoir.
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Peter Bogdanovich,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
There’s also an inanimate object that directly affects Paul’s future so profoundly that this small prop might as well be a lurking, yammering figure in the diner.
—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
21 Feb. 2026
But ultimately, it's created a lot of yammering and once everyone went to video and once old school mainstream show business started to collapse in on itself, people were really able through bubbles and tribalization, able to build their own show business empires.
—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
Our anti-aircraft guns are yammering, and every so often a bomb strikes so close as to rock this ship.
—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
26 May 2025
Pass the mic Sometimes, you’ll be caught in a meeting with someone who’s been yammering on for 6 minutes and counting.
—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
16 May 2025
Come back next week for more yammering about nothing.
—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
7 May 2025
Show creator Taylor Sheridan is ripped, shirtless and yammering about corndogs!
—
William Earl,
Variety,
9 Dec. 2024
Brennan and O'Donnell also kept the debate moving, refusing to let either candidate yammer on.
—
Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yammer
Noun
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Test recordings sounded clear and full, and the noise cancellation completely blocked out the buzz and whine of my 3D printer.
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Lee's voice has always been Sui generis, a distinctive instrument caught between a whine and a yelp yet immediately recognizable.
Verb
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At one practice during the fall of 2024, Washington’s assistant athletic director of football academics Diamond Brown was standing on the sideline when Jonah bounded up to her in full pads and begun complaining about his grade in a music class.
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How to complain with flair at a restaurant when things go awry?
Noun
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The child’s eyes were swollen and milky, their mouth agape in a silent moan.
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Where my world was hemmed in by ridgelines and holler roads, Mary Lennox’s world was hemmed in by fog and wind and the low moan of a manor house that seemed to breathe on its own.
Verb
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Like why does Bravo think making the captions all different sizes screams Gen Z?
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For Denver, who sent the pick away, this screams cost-cutting measure for a team running into second apron issues.
Noun
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The case was initiated in August by an asylum-seeker from Guatemala who was arrested after leaving a routine immigration hearing in San Francisco and then held without access to adequate hygiene, sanitation, medical care and legal advice, according to the complaint.
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On behalf of Aliya Rahman, the MacArthur Justice Center and a civil rights law firm filed a complaint with the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, requesting an investigation.
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“Yammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yammer. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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