yakker
Someone who gabs
Yakker is informal for someone who talks a lot, often tediously or without saying much of substance: That yakker wouldn't let me get a word in.
The word derives from yak, slang for prolonged, idle chatter.
In baseball slang, a yakker is a sharp curveball—from the sound it makes cutting through air.
One who reveals secrets
- motor-mouthCompulsive rapid talker
- windbagOne who prattles endlessly
- gabberCompulsive fast talker
- prattlerPerson who chatters aimlessly
jabberer · rambler · tattler · magpie · cackler · yammerer · blatherer · gossipmonger
Tediously long-winded
- volubleInclined to talk freely
- verboseMore words than necessary
- talkativeInclined to speak much
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
wordy · prolix · rambling · effusive · mouthy · glib · chatty · gabby
Trivial, prolonged speech
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
- yammerComplain loudly, persistently
- natterLight, aimless conversation
gabble · ramble · yatter · drivel · gibberish · twaddle · claptrap · nonsense
Unconfirmed circulating story
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- tittle-tattleTrivial, idle chatter
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
talebearer · backbiter · snoop · eavesdropper · busybody · dirt · tea · juicy
blabbermouth
One who reveals secrets
- motor-mouthCompulsive rapid talker
- windbagOne who prattles endlessly
- gabberCompulsive fast talker
prattler · jabberer · rambler · tattler · magpie · cackler · yammerer · blatherer · gossipmonger · busybody
garrulous
Tediously long-winded
long-winded · wordy · prolix · rambling · effusive · mouthy · glib · chatty · gabby · motormouth
prattle
Trivial, prolonged speech
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
- yammerComplain loudly, persistently
natter · gabble · ramble · yatter · drivel · gibberish · twaddle · claptrap · nonsense · poppycock
rumor
Unconfirmed circulating story
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- tittle-tattleTrivial, idle chatter
hearsay · talebearer · backbiter · snoop · eavesdropper · busybody · dirt · tea · juicy · scuttlebutt
- blabbermouthsblabbermouth, gossipmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger, talebearer
- talkerstalker, chatterbox, motormouth, motor-mouth, loudmouth
- pitchingfastball, slider, curveball, changeup, sinker
- Baseball Slangdinger, heater, K, ribby, tater
yakkermute
Without voice or sound
man of few words · woman of few words · silent · strong silent type · introvert
yakkerlistener
One who attends aurally
good listener · observer · audience · sounding board · confidant
- yakkety yakIncessant idle chatter
- yakked onVomited onto