Definition of yak - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
animallarge domesticated wild ox with long shaggy hair and large horns
- The yak grazed peacefully on the high mountain plateau..
2.
- Their yak kept everyone awake all night.
Verb
1.
- She yakked about her vacation for hours..
2.
- He felt sick and had to yak after the party.
Images of yak
large domesticated wild ox with long shaggy hair and large horns
Expressions with yak
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talk continuously about a specific topic
She would yak away on her favorite TV shows for hours.
talk for a long time about unimportant things
They yak away for hours every afternoon.
seemingly pointless tasks needed to solve a bigger problem
He spent hours yak shaving before fixing the bug.
noisy and trivial conversation
Their yackety-yak kept everyone awake.
continuous unimportant talk, often noisy or meaningless
Stop the yakety-yak and listen for a minute.
Origin of yak
Tibetan, gyag (male yak)
Examples of yak in a sentence
Yaks are often used as pack animals. The constant yak in the office was distracting. Their yak during the meeting was hard to ignore. They yakked all night at the party. He tends to yak during meetings. He had to yak after the wild night out.
She couldn't stop yaking after the drinking contest.
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- French:yak, jacasser, ...
- German:Yak, quasseln, ...
- Italian:bue tibetano, chiacchierare, ...
- Spanish:yak, parlotear, ...
- Portuguese:iaque, tagarelar, ...
- Chinese:牦牛, 喋喋不休, ...
- Japanese:ヤク, 長々と話す, ...
- Arabic:ثور التِّبْت, ثَرْثَر, ...
- Hebrew:יָאק, לְפַטְפֵּט, ...
- Russian:як, болтать, ...
- Ukrainian:як, балакати, ...
- Hindi:याक, बकबक करना, ...
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