yammer

(redirected from yammered)
Also found in: Thesaurus, Idioms, Encyclopedia.

yam·mer

(yăm′ər) Informal

v. yam·mered, yam·mer·ing, yam·mers

v.intr.

1. To talk volubly and often loudly.

2. To complain peevishly; whine: "Congress grumbled and yammered about putting up the money for the new plane" (Thomas J. Fleming).

v.tr.

To utter or say loudly or in a complaining tone.

The act of yammering.

[Middle English yameren, to lament, alteration (probably influenced by Middle Dutch jammeren, to lament) of earlier Middle English yomeren, from Old English gēomrian, gēomerian, from gēomer, sad, sorrowful; akin to Old High German jāmar, perhaps ultimately of imitative origin.]

yam′mer·er n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

yammer

(ˈjæmə)

1. to utter or whine in a complaining or peevish manner

2. to make (a complaint) loudly or persistently

3. (Zoology) (intr) (esp of an animal) to howl or wail plaintively or distressingly; yelp or yowl

4. Also: yammering a whining sound, wail, or utterance

5. nonsense; jabber

[Old English geōmrian to grumble, complain; related to Old High German iāmar misery, lamentation, Old Norse amra to howl]

ˈyammerer n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

yam•mer

(ˈyæm ər)
Informal. v.i.

1. to whine or complain.

2. to talk loudly and persistently.

v.t.

3. to utter clamorously and persistently, esp. in complaint.

4. the act or noise of yammering.

[1275–1325; < Middle Dutch jam(m)eren, replacing Old English gēomrian to complain, derivative of gēomor sad, c. Old Saxon, Old High German jāmar]

yam′mer•er, n.

yam′mer•ing•ly, adv.

yammer

Past participle: yammered
Gerund: yammering

Imperative
yammer
yammer

Present
I yammer
you yammer
he/she/it yammers
we yammer
you yammer
they yammer

Preterite
I yammered
you yammered
he/she/it yammered
we yammered
you yammered
they yammered

Present Continuous
I am yammering
you are yammering
he/she/it is yammering
we are yammering
you are yammering
they are yammering

Present Perfect
I have yammered
you have yammered
he/she/it has yammered
we have yammered
you have yammered
they have yammered

Past Continuous
I was yammering
you were yammering
he/she/it was yammering
we were yammering
you were yammering
they were yammering

Past Perfect
I had yammered
you had yammered
he/she/it had yammered
we had yammered
you had yammered
they had yammered

Future
I will yammer
you will yammer
he/she/it will yammer
we will yammer
you will yammer
they will yammer

Future Perfect
I will have yammered
you will have yammered
he/she/it will have yammered
we will have yammered
you will have yammered
they will have yammered

Future Continuous
I will be yammering
you will be yammering
he/she/it will be yammering
we will be yammering
you will be yammering
they will be yammering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been yammering
you have been yammering
he/she/it has been yammering
we have been yammering
you have been yammering
they have been yammering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been yammering
you will have been yammering
he/she/it will have been yammering
we will have been yammering
you will have been yammering
they will have been yammering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been yammering
you had been yammering
he/she/it had been yammering
we had been yammering
you had been yammering
they had been yammering

Conditional
I would yammer
you would yammer
he/she/it would yammer
we would yammer
you would yammer
they would yammer

Past Conditional
I would have yammered
you would have yammered
he/she/it would have yammered
we would have yammered
you would have yammered
they would have yammered

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Verb	1.	yammer - cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the desert" wrawl, yowl, howl let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
	2.	yammer - complain whiningly grizzle, yawp, whine kvetch, plain, quetch, complain, sound off, kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" snivel, whine - talk in a tearful manner

Translations

yammer

[ˈjæməʳ] VI → quejarse, gimotear

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

yammer

vi (inf: = moan) → jammern

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Mentioned in ?

References in classic literature ?

She told him of the penalty of breaking the taboo of the Red One--a week of torture, living, the details of which she yammered out from her face in the mire until he realized that he was yet a tyro in knowledge of the frightfulness the human was capable of wreaking on the human.

View in context

Yestreen, yonder yauld yaks yammered; yak, yak, yak, yak, yak.

Yaks

This place is part of the fabric of who we are as men trying to stay sane and solvent in a shrink-wrapped society whose often mindless, grasping values are yammered at us incessantly by the TV and print media.