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Meaning of yackety-yak in English:

yackety-yak

Pronunciation /ˌjakətɪˈjak/

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noun

(also yackety-yack)
informal

  • mass noun Trivial or unduly persistent conversation.

    • ‘you'll have to cope with the ringtones and yackety-yak of fellow passengers’

verbverb yackety-yaks, verb yackety-yakking, verb yackety-yakked

(also yackety-yack)
[no object] informal

  • Talk at length about trivial or boring subjects.

Origin

1950s imitative: compare with yak.