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YAK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: yakked    , yakking   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated

Synonyms:

Bos grunniens; yak

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("yak" is a kind of...):

ox; wild ox (any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos)

Holonyms ("yak" is a member of...):

Bos; genus Bos (wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Noisy talk

Synonyms:

cackle; chatter; yack; yak; yakety-yak

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("yak" is a kind of...):

talk; talking (an exchange of ideas via conversation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "yak"):

blether; chin music; idle talk; prate; prattle (idle or foolish and irrelevant talk)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Talk profusely

Example:

she was yakking away about her grandchildren

Synonyms:

gab; yak

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "yak" is one way to...):

communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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