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yager n.

See jäger.

yammer v.i., n.

related to jammern "to whine, whimper, complain, lament, groan": To yammer actually comes from Anglo-Saxon geomerian, Old English geomrian and Middle English yameren but was influenced by Middle Low German jammeren and is so similar in spelling, pronunciation and meaning to Modern German jammern that I have included it here. See also Katzenjammer.

• "When I got my first sight of a Bug, my mind jumped right out of my skull and started to yammer." Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers, 1959, p. 136.
• "I don't understand that yammer [foreign language]." Robert A. Heinlein, Citizen of the Galaxy, 1982, p. 61.
• "Standing inside the huge wooden shrines with the rain beating down was like being held captive in a primitive, drumlike wooden instrument with the prevailing, high-pitched yammer of rampant schoolgirls surrounding you." John Irving, The Fourth Hand, 2001, p. 81.
• "'His work—one farmer he pulls through diphtheria is worth all my yammering for a castle in Spain.'" Sinclair Lewis, Main Street, 1920.
• "'There's a muckle ship gaun ashore on the reef, and the puir folks are a' yammerin' and ca'in' for help—and I doobt they'll a' be drooned.'" Arthur Conan Doyle, The Captain of the Polestar and other Tales, 1894.
• "The President, a devoted dog man, wasn't interested in trying collie haunches or wearing Hun outfits, but he decided not to interfere with the takeover attempts in the savings-and-loan industry—sure, there were these pesky yammering voices in the press about how he ought to step in, etc., etc., as if it were that simple." Garrison Keillor, "George Bush", The Book of Guys, 1993, p. 281.
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to yodel v.i., v.t., n.

from jodeln "to yodel": a melody or refrain sung to meaningless syllables, with abrupt changes from chest to falsetto tones, common among Swiss and Tyrolese mountaineers [literally to call the syllable "jo", pronounced "yo" in English].

• Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World, by Bart Plantenga, 2003.
• "During intermissions young blades danced the high-kicking, heel-and-thigh-slapping Schuhplattler, yodeled, or flirted with the pink-cheeked girls in fetching dirndls." George W. Long, "Occupied Austria, Outpost of Democracy" National Geographic, Jun. 1951, p. 775.
• "It was still continuing after dinner that evening, when an oft-repeated yodel, followed by a shrill-wailed, 'Jane-ee! Oh, Jane-nee-ee!' brought her to an open window down-stairs." Booth Tarkington, Seventeen, 1915.
• "Some three hours later, Mr. Samuel Williams, waxen clean and in sweet raiment, made his reappearance in Penrod's yard, yodelling a code-signal to summon forth his friend." Booth Parkington, Penrod, 1914.
• "The playful yodeling of many voices in chorus was heard at the close of each song." Charles Alexander Eastman, Old Indian Days, 1907.
• Remote Control Hopping, Yodelling Lederhosen with Knockwurst. See also lederhosen, knockwurst.
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