yack

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jæk/
  • Rhymes: -æk
  • Homophone: yak

Noun

yack (plural yacks)

  1. chatter
  2. Alternative form of yak (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Verb

yack (third-person singular simple present yacks, present participle yacking, simple past and past participle yacked)

  1. (slang) to vomit, usually because of intoxication
  2. (colloquial) to talk incessantly
    I moved to another carriage on the train because the first one was full of people yacking on mobile phones.

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Etymology

From Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jak/

Noun

yack m (plural yacks)

  1. yak (ox-like mammal)

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