yammer

Verb

Verb Forms: yammered, yammering, yammers

To whine, complain, or grumble peevishly.
cry loudly, as of animals
complain whiningly
To complain peevishly.
To talk loudly and persistently.
To repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint.
To make an outcry; to clamor.
to repeatedly call someone's name.

Noun

The act or noise of yammering.
A loud noise.
One who yammers.

Examples

His opponent started to YAMMER about bad tiles, distracting from the game.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English ȝameren, ȝaumeren, yemeren, ȝomeren, from Old English ġeōmrian (“to lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *jāmarōn, from Proto-Germanic *jēmarōną (“to show misery or sadness”), from Proto-Germanic *jēmaraz (“miserable, sorrowful, sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to hold, match, defeat”). Reinforced by cognate Middle Dutch jammeren (modern Dutch jammeren), from the same ultimate origin. Cognate also with Scots yammer, Saterland Frisian jammerje, West Frisian jammerje, German Low German jammern, German jammern, Danish jamre, Norwegian jamre. Compare also Old Norse amra (“to howl, wail, yammer”).

Synonyms

grizzle, howl, whine, wrawl, yawp, yowl, babble, grumble, prattle, yak

Scrabble Score: 13

yammer: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
yammer: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
yammer: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

yammer: valid Words With Friends Word