Verb: yammer ya-mu(r)
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- Complain peevishly in an annoying or repetitive manner
"You have nothing to yammer about";
- whine, grizzle [informal], whinge [Brit, informal]
- Cry loudly, as of animals
"The coyotes were yammering in the desert";
- howl, wrawl [UK, dialect], yowl
Derived forms: yammers, yammering, yammered
Type of: complain, emit, kick [informal], kvetch [N. Amer, informal], let loose, let out, moan, plain [archaic], sound off, utter
Encyclopedia: Yammer