yak
1a large, stocky, shaggy-haired wild ox, Bos grunniens, of the Tibetan highlands, having long, curved horns: endangered.
a domesticated variety of this animal.
Origin of yak
1Other definitions for yak (2 of 3)
incessant idle or gossipy talk.
Origin of yak
2- Also yack, yakety-yak .
Other words from yak
- yakker, noun
Other definitions for yak (3 of 3)
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How to use yak in a sentence
This was the place where I had met the yak herds two months before when they were pasturing their yaks on the grassy uplands.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryOur transport to-day consisted of yaks and donkeys, which came along very well.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryOur new transport consisted of donkeys and some very wild yaks, which rapidly got rid of their loads.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryThese came along very much faster than the yaks and the donkeys that we had been using.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryHerds of yaks and flocks of sheep graze on the slopes, and circular penfolds remind us of our life in the Chang-tang.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2) | Sven Hedin
British Dictionary definitions for yak (1 of 2)
/ (jæk) /
a wild and domesticated type of cattle, Bos grunniens, of Tibet, having long horns and long shaggy hair
Origin of yak
1British Dictionary definitions for yak (2 of 2)
/ (jæk) slang /
Also: yakety-yak noisy, continuous, and trivial talk or conversation
(intr) to chatter or talk in this way; jabber
Origin of yak
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