yack

Other forms of yack

plural

yacks·

past tense

yacked·

present participle

yacking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about yack

What does yack mean?

yack means "noisy talk". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in yack?

yack has 1 syllable: yack. In IPA it is /ˈjæk/.

What is another word for yack?

Close synonyms include yak, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle, jaw. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is yack a common word?

yack is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with yack?

1 word rhymes with yack. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.