Yak

Word YAK
Character 3
Hyphenation yak
Pronunciations /jæk/

Definitions and meanings of "Yak"

What do we mean by yak?

A wild, shaggy-haired ox (Bos grunniens) of the mountains of central Asia. noun

A domesticated yak, used as a work animal or raised for meat and milk. noun

To talk persistently and meaninglessly; chatter. intransitive verb

Prolonged, sometimes senseless talk; chatter. noun

The wild ox of Tibet, Poëphagus grunniens, or any of its domesticated varieties; the grunting ox. noun

A bovine mammal (Poëphagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc. noun

A coarse pillow lace made from the silky hair of the yak. noun

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

To talk, particularly informally but persistently, such as chatter. verb

To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption. verb

A talk, particular an informal one such as chattering. noun

A laugh noun

Vomit. noun

Shorthand for kayak noun

Noisy talk noun

Large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated noun

Talk profusely verb

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

Synonyms and Antonyms for Yak

The word "yak" in example sentences

I need my mental space and you deserve someone better yak yak yak… ❋ Natinski (2002)

They have horses and ponies, but the yak is the beast of burden, and he supplies them with his long shaggy coat with plenty of wool (which they export and from which they make their clothes), and also supplies them with milk. ❋ Unknown (1928)

A new wrinkle in the proliferation of sports talk radio: sports yak from a Christian perspective. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What do you call a yak who gives off power in the sun? ❋ Unknown (2010)

The riverside town of Cognac has for four centuries been the home of cognac-making, now a booming export trade, not least among the American rapper fraternity where it's known as "yak". ❋ Unknown (2011)

For Tsawang Dumi, his yak is the equivilent of Rhodri's ministerial car. ❋ Glyn Davies (2007)

Sad for all that his yak was a fine, strong beast and its saddle of tooled leather with silver trappings; and despite the fact that his robe was new and rich, his saddle bags fully provisioned and his purse crammed with gold. ❋ Lumley, Brian (1986)

The yak is a fast-moving animal, and started forward on a run, soon gaining the shelter selected. ❋ Roger Thompson Finlay (N/A)

Up to this point we had been using mules and ponies, and we now took the yak, which is the main transportation animal of Thibet. ❋ Unknown (1928)

The yak is a very tame, domestic animal, often handsome, and a true bison in appearance; it is invaluable to these mountaineers from its strength and hardiness, accomplishing, at a slow pace, twenty miles a day, bearing either two bags of salt or rice, or four to six planks of pinewood slung in pairs along either flank. ❋ Unknown (1864)

Himalayas from Chinese Tartary and Thibet; that they were the tails of a species of oxen peculiar to these countries, known as the yak, or grunting ox. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

The yak is a shaggy-haired, hoofed animal found in Tibet and parts of China, surviving as high as 20000 feet in the Himalayas, in temperatures as low as -40 degrees Celsius. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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