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yak¹

  • /jæk/

Sounds like yack · Rhymes with -æk

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag). See there for more.

noun yak · yaks

  1. An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane. Utilization efficiency of dietary protein in the yak differs with diet composition and feeding level, age, sex, body condition score, and animal production level (e.g., growth, lactation). Researchers reported no difference between lactating and dry cows in crude protein digestibility, although lact

yak²

  • /jæk/

Sounds like yack · Rhymes with -æk

Where it comes from

Apparently an onomatopoeia.

verb yaks · yakking · yakked · yack

  1. intransitive, slang To talk, particularly informally but persistently; to chatter or prattle. “You'll like Poppet. Nice dog. Wears his ears inside out. Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?” “I could not say, sir.” “Nor me. I've often wondered. But this won't do, Jeeves. Here we are, yakking about Jezebels and dachshunds, when we ought to be concentrating our minds […]
  2. intransitive, slang To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption. She'll feel better when she yaks.

noun yaks · yack

  1. countable, slang, uncountable A talk, particular an informal talk; chattering; gossip. Sluggsy said indifferently, ‘You’ll be wised up come morning. Meanwhiles, howsabout shuttin’ that dumb little hashtrap of yours? All this yak is bending my ear. I want some action.
  2. countable, slang, uncountable A laugh. Would-be gags from would-be gagsters. And, nine chances out of ten, not a yak in the lot.
  3. countable, slang, uncountable Vomit.

yak³

  • /jæk/

Sounds like yack · Rhymes with -æk

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Korean 약 (yak).

noun yaks

  1. a traditional Korean flute used in court music

yak⁴

  • /jæk/

Sounds like yack · Rhymes with -æk

Where it comes from

Shortening of various unrelated words.

noun yaks

  1. slang A kayak.
  2. slang cognac. Quick cash, flip that, now I got big cash. Sit back, sip yak with a next piff yat.
  3. in plural, slang A yakuza member. Yakuza, or Yaks as they are popularly known, Japan's large and tightly organized crime and illicit drug corporations.

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