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The definition of a yak is a long-haired wilk ox used for milk and meat in Tibet and Asia.

(noun)

An example of a yak is a Gannan yak.

Yak is defined as to talk.

(verb)

When a teenage girl gossips, it is an example of yak.

See yak in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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.

Origin: < Tibet g-yag, male yak

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intransitive verb yakked, yakking

to talk much or idly; chatter

Origin: echoic

noun

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 or yakety-yak

Related Forms:

yakker noun

See yak in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A wild, shaggy-haired ox (Bos grunniens) of the mountains of central Asia.
A domesticated yak, used as a work animal or raised for meat and milk.

Origin:

Origin: Tibetan gyag

also yack

intransitive verb yakked yakked also yacked, yak·king also yack·ing, yaks yaks also yacks

To talk persistently and meaninglessly; chatter.

noun

Prolonged, sometimes senseless talk; chatter.

Origin:

Origin: Imitative

Related Forms:

yakˈker noun

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