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American Tyson finally knocked out jabber (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yak

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'jabber' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'american tyson finally knocked out' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'tyson finally' becomes 'ky' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'knocked' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'knocking' mean this).
'out' indicates putting letters inside.
'ky' back-to-front is 'yk'.
'a' inserted inside 'yk' is 'YAK'.

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(Other definitions for yak that I've seen before include "Rabbit on" , "one sporting a thick coat" , "Shaggy-haired ox" , "Gossip; ox" , "A long-haired Asian ox" .)

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