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yak

1  [yak] ,
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–noun
1. a large, stocky, shaggy-haired wild ox, Bos grunniens, of the Tibetan highlands, having long, curved horns: endangered.
2. a domesticated variety of this animal.
Origin:
1785–95; < Tibetan, sp. gyag

yak

2  [yak] ,verb, yakked, yak⋅king, noun Slang.
–verb (used without object)
1. to talk, esp. uninterruptedly and idly; gab; chatter: They've been yakking on the phone for over an hour.
–noun
2. incessant idle or gossipy talk.
Also, yack, yackety-yak.

Origin:
1945–50, Americanism; appar. of expressive orig.

Related forms:
yakker, noun

yak

3  [yak] ,
–noun, verb (used without object), verb (used with object), yakked, yak⋅king. Slang.
yuk 1 .

yuk

1  [yuhk] ,noun, verb, yukked, yuk⋅king. Slang.
–noun
1. a loud, hearty laugh.
2. a joke evoking such a laugh.
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
3. to laugh or joke: The audience really yukked it up at the movie.
Also, yuck, yock, yok, yak.

Origin:
imit.
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yak 1   (yāk)   
n.  

  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.]
yak 2 also yack   (yāk)   
intr.v.   yakked also yacked, yak·king also yack·ing, yaks also yacks
To talk persistently and meaninglessly; chatter.
n.  Prolonged, sometimes senseless talk; chatter.

[Imitative.]
yak'ker n.
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
yack [jæk] and [jɔk, jək]

and yock; yuck; yuk
  1. n.
    a foolish person. : Who's the yock wearing the red bandana?
  2. n.
    idle chatter. : I've heard enough yack to last me a lifetime.

  3. Go to yak. :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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yak [jæk]

and yack
  1. in.
    to talk. : Stop yakking for a minute.
  2. n.
    a chat. : We had a nice little yack and then left for work.
  3. n.
    a joke. : Don't tell that yack again. It's not a winner.
  4. n.
    a laugh from a joke. : The audience produced a feeble yak that was mostly from embarrassment.
  5. in.
    to vomit. (Onomatopoetic.) : Hank was in the john yakking all night.
  6. n.
    cognac. (Streets.) : My man, have some yak.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

yak  (1)
"wild ox of central Asia," 1795, from Tibetan g-yag "male yak."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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