noun
General Slang
Yakka
/ˈjækə/ · noun · informal
Hard work — usually 'hard yakka', meaning genuine physical graft.
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Definitions
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Work in general, especially manual or strenuous work.
“Plenty of yakka to do before the weekend's over.”
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Capitalized 'Hard Yakka' is also a well-known Australian workwear brand.
“He's decked out in Hard Yakka gear head to toe.”
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Hard physical labour or effort, almost always paired as 'hard yakka'.
“Digging those trenches was hard yakka in the heat.”
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Yakka In A Sentence
That renovation was three months of hard yakka.
No shortcuts here, it's just honest yakka.
Respect to anyone who does that kind of yakka every day.
Origin & Usage
From 'yaga', meaning 'work' in the Yagara language of the Indigenous people around Brisbane, entering Australian English in the 19th century. The workwear brand later took the name.
People Also Ask
What does yakka mean in Australia?
Yakka means work, especially hard physical labour — usually said as 'hard yakka'.
Where does the word yakka come from?
It comes from 'yaga', the word for 'work' in the Yagara Aboriginal language of the Brisbane region.
What does hard yakka mean?
Hard yakka means genuinely tough physical work or graft — and it's also a popular Aussie workwear brand.
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