yammering

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  1. A crying, whining, or grumbling. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] They ill-thrawn folk … would tear the congregation to pieces wi' their bickerings and yaumerings. W. Black, In Far Lochaber, ix.

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  • Fire alarms were yammering, and bright-blue suppressor foam started to pour down from the remaining nozzles overhead. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
  • In the midst of our yammering, a twelfth cadet arrived to round out our dozen. —  Hobb, Robin - The Soldier Son 01 - Shaman's Crossing (v2.0)
  • Monkey was yammering, but it was way in the back of my head, like it was having a conversation back there. —  Aeon Eight
  • The Daily Show and means to do to yammering-pundit shows what —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • All you do is try and justify why the government shouldn't go after drug use by "yammering" about the ineffectiveness of the laws or the constitutionality of the laws or morality of the laws. —  LJWorld.com stories: News
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