Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yammering

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: yam-mer-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of yammer

noun

Loud, incoherent, repetitive speech.

Example Sentences

"Nearer and nearer sounded the hurrying footsteps and the incoherent yammerings of the corpses."

Inflected Forms

yammerings (plural)

Questions

What does yammering mean?: present participle and gerund of yammer

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