yatter
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Imitative, perhaps from/suggested by yap/yammer + chatter.[1][2][3] Cognate with Scots yatter, yater (“to nag, chide”), Norwegian Nynorsk jaddre (“to jabber”).
Noun
[edit]yatter (countable and uncountable, plural yatters)
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:chatter
Verb
[edit]yatter (third-person singular simple present yatters, present participle yattering, simple past and past participle yattered)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “yatter”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present: “1865–70; perhaps ya(p) + (cha)tter”
- ^ “yatter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022: “Early 19th century imitative, perhaps suggested by yammer and chatter.”
- ^ “yatter”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present: “probably from YAP entry 1 + -ter (as in chatter)”