Yacker vs Yanker - What's the difference?
yacker | yanker |
(informal) One who talks at length.
* 1961 , Electronics world: Volume 65
Someone who yanks, or gives a sudden hard pull
* {{quote-book, year=1991, author=Lindsley , title=The Prospect of Detachment, page=62, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=3smz5UYvQboC&pg=PA62
, passage=He's a yanker of braids, a tousler of bangs
(Scotland) A brazen lie
* {{quote-book, year=1822, title=The Three Perils of Man, author=James Hogg, page=330, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=yrkBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA330
, passage="Ay, billy, that is a yanker !" said Tam aside : " When ane is gaun to tell a lie, there's naething like telling a plumper at aince, and being done wi't}}
As nouns the difference between yacker and yanker
is that yacker is (informal) one who talks at length while yanker is someone who yanks, or gives a sudden hard pull.yacker
English
Noun
(en noun)- Watch Those Lengthy Conversations: Stick to the 5-minute rule. How many times have you heard yackers say, "Well, I guess we"ve used up our five" when they've been talking for an hour.
