YAMMER
Dictionary entry overview: What does yammer mean?
• YAMMER (verb)
The verb YAMMER has 2 senses:
1. cry loudly, as of animals
2. complain whiningly
Familiarity information: YAMMER used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• YAMMER (verb)
Meaning:
Cry loudly, as of animals
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
wrawl; yammer; yowl; howl
Context example:
The coyotes were howling in the desert
Hypernyms (to "yammer" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence examples:
You can hear animals yammer in the meadows
The meadows yammer with animals
Meaning:
Complain whiningly
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
grizzle; yammer; yawp; whine
Hypernyms (to "yammer" is one way to...):
complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
