Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

yakka

Noun

/ˈjækə/

Definition

Yakka refers to hard work or labor, often associated with physical tasks.

Examples

After a long day of yakka in the fields, they finally took a break.
He put in a lot of yakka to get his business off the ground.
The yakka involved in building the house took several weeks.

Meaning

In informal usage, particularly in Australian English, ‘yakka’ denotes a significant amount of effort or toil, especially in reference to manual labor. It embodies the idea of strenuous work, often used to emphasize the difficulty or intensity of the labor involved.