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yak¹

(yăk)

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

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

[Tibetan gyag.]

yak²

also yack (yăk)Slang

intr.v. yakked, yak·king, yaks also yacked or yack·ing or yacks

To talk persistently and meaninglessly; chatter.

Prolonged, sometimes senseless talk; chatter.

[Imitative.]

yak′ker n.

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yak

(jæk)

(Animals) a wild and domesticated type of cattle, Bos grunniens, of Tibet, having long horns and long shaggy hair

[C19: from Tibetan gyag]

yak

(jæk)

Also: yakety-yak noisy, continuous, and trivial talk or conversation

vb, yaks, yakking or yakked

(intr) to chatter or talk in this way; jabber

[C20: of imitative origin]

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yak¹

(yæk)

n.

1. a large, shaggy-haired wild ox, Bos grunniens, of the Tibetan highlands, having long, curved horns.

2. a domesticated variety of this animal.

[1785–95; < Tibetan, sp. gyag]

yak²

or yack

(yæk)

v. yakked yacked, yak•king yack•ing, v.i.

1. to gab; chatter.

2. incessant idle or gossipy talk.

[1945–50; appar. of expressive orig.]

yak′ker, n.

yak³

(yæk)

n., v.i., v.t. yakked, yak•king. Slang.

yuk ¹.

yak

Past participle: yakked
Gerund: yakking

Imperative
yak
yak

Present
I yak
you yak
he/she/it yaks
we yak
you yak
they yak

Preterite
I yakked
you yakked
he/she/it yakked
we yakked
you yakked
they yakked

Present Continuous
I am yakking
you are yakking
he/she/it is yakking
we are yakking
you are yakking
they are yakking

Present Perfect
I have yakked
you have yakked
he/she/it has yakked
we have yakked
you have yakked
they have yakked

Past Continuous
I was yakking
you were yakking
he/she/it was yakking
we were yakking
you were yakking
they were yakking

Past Perfect
I had yakked
you had yakked
he/she/it had yakked
we had yakked
you had yakked
they had yakked

Future
I will yak
you will yak
he/she/it will yak
we will yak
you will yak
they will yak

Future Perfect
I will have yakked
you will have yakked
he/she/it will have yakked
we will have yakked
you will have yakked
they will have yakked

Future Continuous
I will be yakking
you will be yakking
he/she/it will be yakking
we will be yakking
you will be yakking
they will be yakking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been yakking
you have been yakking
he/she/it has been yakking
we have been yakking
you have been yakking
they have been yakking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been yakking
you will have been yakking
he/she/it will have been yakking
we will have been yakking
you will have been yakking
they will have been yakking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been yakking
you had been yakking
he/she/it had been yakking
we had been yakking
you had been yakking
they had been yakking

Conditional
I would yak
you would yak
he/she/it would yak
we would yak
you would yak
they would yak

Past Conditional
I would have yakked
you would have yakked
he/she/it would have yakked
we would have yakked
you would have yakked
they would have yakked

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Noun	1.	yak - noisy talk chatter, yack, yakety-yak, cackle talk, talking - an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here" blether, chin music, idle talk, prate, prattle - idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
	2.	yak - large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated Bos grunniens Bos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini wild ox, ox - any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos
Verb	1.	yak - talk profusely; "she was yakking away about her grandchildren" gab communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

yak

verb gossip, go on, gab (informal), rabbit (on) (Brit. informal), run on, jaw (slang), chatter, spout, waffle (informal, chiefly Brit.), yap (informal), tattle, jabber, blather, chew the fat (slang), witter on (informal), run off at the mouth He and Cosby had a chance to yak.

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yak

verb

Slang. To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially:

babble, blabber, chatter, chitchat, clack, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle (on), run on.

Informal: go on, spiel.

Slang: gab, gas, jaw.

Idioms: run off at the mouth, shoot the breeze.

noun

Slang. Incessant and usually inconsequential talk:

babble, blab, blabber, chat, chatter, chitchat, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, small talk.

Slang: gab, gas.

Translations

ياك: ثَور التِّبِت الضَّخْم

jak

yakokse

Yak Jak kotzen quasseln quatschen

yac yak

jakki

yack yak

jak

jakuxi

yak

jakas

jaks

jak

Tibet öküzüyak

牦牛

yak

[jæk] N (= animal) → yac m, yak m

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yak

[ˈjæk] [yak] (pl) n → yack m

yak

n (Zool) → Jak m, → Yak m, → Grunzochse m

yak

vi (inf) → schnattern (inf), → quasseln (inf); to yak away on something → über etw (acc) → quasseln

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yak

¹ [jæk] n (Zool) → yak m inv

yak

² (fam) [jæk]

1. vi → cicalare, cianciare

2. n → cicaleccio

yak

(jӕk) – plurals yaks ~yak – noun

a type of long-haired ox, found in Tibet.

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