| Definitions | yammer
noun
- The act or noise of yammering.
- A loud noise.
- One who yammers.
verb
- (intransitive) To complain peevishly.
- (intransitive) To talk loudly; to make an outcry.
- (intransitive) To utter clamorously.
Etymology: Probably from (term, jammeren, lang=dum) cognate and reinforced by (term, yeoumeren, , to mourn, complain, lang=enm) < (term, geomrian, , to lament, lang=ang) < (term, geomor, ÄeÅmor, sorrowful, lang=ang) possibly imitative in origin and akin to German (term, Jammer, lang=de).
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