Meaning & use
Yammer
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To talk continuously and often complainingly or annoyingly about something.
See it in a sentence
The customers yammered about the delayed flight for over an hour.
Stop yammering and get to the point.
A note on using this word
Yammer derives from the Middle English 'yomeren', meaning to lament or wail, and has softened over time to describe persistent, often trivial talk.
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listenbe quiet
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