Meaning

8 senses
  1. An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.

    Yak, Jak

    якjak

    якjak

  2. (countable, slang, uncountable)A talk, particular an informal talk; chattering; gossip.

    noisy talk

  3. (countable, slang, uncountable)A laugh.

  4. (countable, slang, uncountable)Vomit.

  5. A traditional Korean flute used in court music

  6. (slang)A kayak.

  7. (slang)Cognac.

  8. (in the plural, slang)A yakuza member.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Mary was yakking on the phone.

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  2. Tell him to quit his yakking.

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  3. A herd of yaks came into view.

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  4. We all raise sheep, goats, and yaks.

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  5. Tom has been yakking on the phone for hours.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
ox-like mammal:
Русский
By meaning 1
ox-like mammal:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ox-like mammal:

Origin

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag). See there for more. Apparently an onomatopoeia. Borro

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag). See there for more.

Apparently an onomatopoeia.

Borrowed from Korean 약 (yak).

Shortening of various unrelated words.

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Forms

plural: yak / yaks
Singularyak
Pluralyak / yaks

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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