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yak¹ Definition

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, 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

yak² Related Forms
yak·ker noun
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.

Converse of object

  • kill: It was here in 1974 that a yeti supposedly killed three yaks and attacked a Sherpa woman.
  • have: From this day we no longer had porters - we had yaks.
  • milk: We watched them milk Yaks for a bit before having a breakfast of unleavened bread, cheese and butter tea.
  • raise: The main activities include potato and buckwheat cultivation, and raising yaks for wool, meat, manure and transport.
  • bring: Messner also brought some yaks over from the Himalayas which now live on a small farm at the castle.

Converse of subject

  • accompany: Tomorrow, we start our work week with a hike up the valley accompanied by 38 yaks and 14 yak drivers.

Modifies a noun

  • herder: Camp will be in a stone shelter used by the yak herders.
  • dung: In the middle is a stove where they burn the yak dung.
  • pasture: Rosy Pipits were numerous in the damp yak pastures.
  • reproduction: The document is taken from " Recent advances in yak reproduction " edited by XX Zhao and RC Zhang.
  • butter: Now, reserve staff are often invited into locals ' homes for cups of steaming yak butter tea.
  • track: You would think that with Richie Warren of Fuel on the yak track, you would learn about how the film soundtrack was changed.

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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