yammerer

yammerer
One who complains or whines peevishly or whimperingly.

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  • yammerer — See yammer. * * * …   Universalium

  • yammerer — n. complainer, grumbler; screamer, yeller …   English contemporary dictionary

  • 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… …   Universalium

  • yammer — /ˈjæmə/ (say yamuh) Colloquial –verb (i) 1. to whine or complain. 2. to make an outcry or clamour; talk loudly and persistently. –verb (t) 3. to utter or say in complaint. –noun 4. the act of yammering. {Middle English yamur, variant of yomer,… …  

  • yammer — [yam′ər] vi. [ME yameren < OE geomerian, to lament, groan < geomor, sad, mournful, wretched: infl. by MDu & MLowG jammeren, of echoic orig.] 1. to whine, whimper, or complain 2. to shout, yell, clamor, etc. 3. to talk loudly or continually… …   English World dictionary

  • yammer — n. & v. colloq. or dial. n. 1 a lament, wail, or grumble. 2 voluble talk. v.intr. 1 utter a yammer. 2 talk volubly. Derivatives: yammerer n. Etymology: OE geomrian f. geomor sorrowful …   Useful english dictionary

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