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yak (yak)

noun pl. yaks or yak

a stocky, long-haired wild ox (Bos grunniens) of Tibet and central Asia, often domesticated as a beast of burden and for its milk, meat, etc.

Etymology: < Tibet g-yag, male yak

yak2 definition

☆ yak (yak; also, for n. 2, yäk)

intransitive verb yakked, yakking yak′·king

to talk much or idly; chatter

Etymology: echoic

noun

  1. idle or voluble talk
    1. a loud laugh, esp. as audience response to comedy
    2. a joke or comic bit that evokes such a laugh
Also, for yak & (sense ), yak-yak yak′·-yak′ or yakety-yak yak′ety-yak′ (yak′it ē yak′)

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yak Usage Examples

Possessives

  • milk: We're going to eat nothing but mutton and drink nothing but the sour, fizzy, local brew made from yak's milk.

Modifies a noun

  • herder: Camp will be in a stone shelter used by the yak herders.

Noun used with modifier

  • grazing: Alpine pastures on the high ranges of the snow-capped Great Himalayas are used for grazing yaks in the summer months.
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