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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024yak1 /yæk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Mammalsa large, shaggy-haired ox of the Tibetan highlands, having long, curved horns.
yak2 or yack /yæk/USA pronunciation v. [no object], yakked or yacked, yak•king or yack•ing. [Slang.]- Slang Termsto gab;
chatter:Let's quit yakking and get back to work.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024yak1 (yak),USA pronunciation n. - Mammalsa large, stocky, shaggy-haired wild ox, Bos grunniens, of the Tibetan highlands, having long, curved horns: endangered.
- Mammalsa domesticated variety of this animal.
- Tibetan, spelling, spelled gyag
- 1785–95
v.i. - Slang Termsto talk, esp. uninterruptedly and idly;
gab;
chatter:They've been yakking on the phone for over an hour.
n. - Slang Termsincessant idle or gossipy talk.
Also, yack, yackety-yak. - apparently of expressive origin, originally 1945–50, American.
- yuk1.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: yak /jæk/ n - a wild and domesticated type of cattle, Bos grunniens, of Tibet, having long horns and long shaggy hair
Etymology: 19th Century: from Tibetan gyag yak /jæk/ slang n - Also: yakety-yak noisy, continuous, and trivial talk or conversation
vb (yaks, yakking, yakked)- (intransitive) to chatter or talk in this way; jabber
Etymology: 20th Century: of imitative origin |