Yak
Pronunciation
- IPA: /jæk/
- Rhymes: -æk
- Homophones: yack
Origin 1
From Tibetan གཡག.
Derived terms
Origin 2
apparently an onomatopoeia
Alternative forms
Verb
- (intransitive) To talk, particularly informally but persistently, such as chatter.
- 1960: “You'll like Poppet. Nice dog. Wears his ears inside out. Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?†“I could not say, sir.†“Nor me. I've often wondered. But this won't do, Jeeves. Here we are, yakking about Jezebels and dachshunds, when we ought to be concentrating our minds ...†(P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XI)
- (intransitive) To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.
Usage notes
This is subject to the typically Australian 'have-a-verb' syntactic construction, as in 'I had a yak last night'. But this does not qualify 'yak' to be nominal.
Noun
yak
(plural yaks)- A talk, particular an informal one such as chattering.
- (slang) A laugh
- Vomit.
- (slang) shorthand for kayak