“A photograph from 1916 shows the other houses intact, the Hawes facade busting in like a cellphone yakker in a quiet car.”
“The next morning he was driving to work when a yakker on sports-talk radio said the Jets still had some mathematically favorable possibilities for getting into the playoffs.”
“He's a passionate environmentalist and instead of just being a yakker, has actually gone out there and done things.”
yak
An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.