yack

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?)

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.

Anagrams

• YKCA, caky, cyka

Alternative forms

• yak

Etymology

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

Noun

yack m (plural yacks)

1. yak (ox-like mammal)

Further reading

• “yack” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).