yammer

yammer
yammerer, n.yammeringly, adv.
/yam"euhr/, Informal.
v.i.
1. to whine or complain.
2. to make an outcry or clamor.
3. to talk loudly and persistently.
v.t.
4. to utter clamorously, persistently, or in complaint: They yammered their complaints until she let them see the movie.
n.
5. the act or noise of yammering.
[1275-1325; ME yameren (v.) < MD jam(m)eren, r. ME yomeren, OE geomrian to complain, deriv. of geomor sad; akin to G Jammer lamentation]

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