Yak

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A wild, shaggy-haired ox (Bos grunniens) of the mountains of central Asia.
  • n. A domesticated yak, used as a work animal or raised for meat and milk.
  • verb-intransitive. To talk persistently and meaninglessly; chatter.
  • n. Prolonged, sometimes senseless talk; chatter.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • v. To talk, particularly informally but persistently, such as chatter.
  • v. To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.
  • n. A talk, particular an informal one such as chattering.
  • n. A laugh
  • n. Vomit.
  • n. shorthand for kayak
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The wild ox of Tibet, Poëphagus grunniens, or any of its domesticated varieties; the grunting ox.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. noisy talk
  • n. large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated
  • v. talk profusely
  • Verb Form
    yakked    yakking    yaks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wild ox    ox    communicate    intercommunicate   
    Cross Reference
    yak lace   
    Variant
    yakked    yakking    chauri gua    grunting cow    grunting ox    sarlac    sarlik    sarluc   
    Form
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adak    Black    Braque    Chirac    Jack    Jacques    Lak    Mac    Mack    Macke   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    elk    caribou    buffaloe    blah    buffalo    needra    carabao    moose    blahblah    ibex