yeti

[ yet-ee ]

/ ˈyɛt i /

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noun (sometimes initial capital letter)

Abominable Snowman.

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sasquatch

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Origin of yeti

First recorded in 1950–55; < the Tibetan language of the Sherpas

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Examples from the Web for yeti

For the study, Sykes appealed to cryptozoologists the world over to send him hair samples that might belong to a yeti.
Sorry Bigfoot Truthers: Yetis Aren’t Real|Elizabeth Picciuto|July 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It simply established that we still have no hard evidence for the yeti.
Sorry Bigfoot Truthers: Yetis Aren’t Real|Elizabeth Picciuto|July 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the end, the study offers no proof of the existence of a yeti.
Sorry Bigfoot Truthers: Yetis Aren’t Real|Elizabeth Picciuto|July 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sykes approached the study believing that the Yeti legend may not be made up out of whole cloth.
Sorry Bigfoot Truthers: Yetis Aren’t Real|Elizabeth Picciuto|July 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Sykes, who in September will release a book detailing his search for a yeti, agrees.
Sorry Bigfoot Truthers: Yetis Aren’t Real|Elizabeth Picciuto|July 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Youll see it yetI never break a promise, the Ranger answered.
Boy Scouts in Glacier Park|Walter Prichard Eaton
And yetI wonder if I wont scare mother by calling at this time of night?
The Girls of Central High|Gertrude W. Morrison
YetI could not have been brought to credit it but for the evidence of my eyes.
An Oregon Girl|Alfred Ernest Rice

British Dictionary definitions for yeti

yeti

/ (ˈjɛtɪ) /

noun

another term for abominable snowman

Word Origin for yeti

C20: from Tibetan

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Word Origin and History for yeti

yeti

1937, from Sherpa (Tibetan) yeh-teh "small manlike animal."