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verb · intransitive

yaffle

yaffle · yaffles · yaffled · yaffling

Of the green woodpecker: to make its distinctive cryOf the green woodpecker: to make its distinctive cry.

/ˈjafl̩/

Meaning

2 senses

(intransitive)Of the green woodpecker: to make its distinctive cry.
(obsolete, slang)To eat.

Origin

Imitative of the bird's cry.

Imitative of the bird's cry.

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Forms

yaffles, yaffling, yaffled, yaffled

Base form	yaffle · to yaffle
3rd person singular	yaffles
Present participle	yaffling
Past simple	yaffled
Past participle	yaffled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	yaffle
he, she, it	yaffles

Past simpleLesson

all persons

yaffled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have yaffled
he, she, it	has yaffled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will yaffle

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

ya yachtB2 yahoo yair

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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