Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal, transitive)To turn (someone) into a yogi; to lead into practicing yoga.

  2. (US)To persuade someone to give you food or other favors without actually begging.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. He is a yogi.

    ruОн йог. — Balamax

    deEr ist ein Yogi. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom is a yogi.

    deTom ist ein Yogi. — wolfgangth

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  3. Yogi Bear drove the Jeep and Huckleberry Hound sat beside him.

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Origin

From Hindi योगी (yogī), from Sanskrit योगिन् (yogin), from the verbal root yuj (class 7 pr

From Hindi योगी (yogī), from Sanskrit योगिन् (yogin), from the verbal root yuj (class 7 present युनक्ति (yunakti, “to connect”)), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

From the cartoon character, Yogi Bear, who was known for conning tourists out of their picnics.

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Forms

yogis, yogi-ing, yogied, yogied
Base formyogi · to yogi
3rd person singularyogis
Present participleyogi-ing
Past simpleyogied
Past participleyogied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyyogi
he, she, ityogis

Past simpleLesson

all personsyogied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave yogied
he, she, ithas yogied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill yogi

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
yinyippeeyogaB1yogurtA1yokeyolk

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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