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Yak   /jæk/   Listen
Yak

verb
(past yakked; past part. yakked; pres. part. yakking)
1.
Talk profusely.  Synonym: gab.



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"Yak" Quotes from Famous Books



... with garlands and rich hangings. Then placing the covered body of the king with that of his queen on that excellent bier decked out so brightly, they caused it to be carried on human shoulders. With the white umbrella (of state) held over the hearse with waving yak-tails and sounds of various musical instruments, the whole scene looked bright and grand. Hundreds of people began to distribute gems among the crowd on the occasion of the funeral rites of the king. At length some beautiful robes, and white umbrellas and larger yak-tails, were ...
— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - Translated into English Prose - Adi Parva (First Parva, or First Book) • Kisari Mohan Ganguli (Translator)

... to indicate his power by some title worthy of the great position he had gained. All the Mongol chiefs were summoned to the grand council or Kuriltai of the tribe, and around the national ensign, composed of nine white yak-tails, planted in the centre of the camp, the warriors gathered to hear the opinion of their chief. It was proclaimed to them that Temujin was not content with the title of Gur Khan, to which its former bearers had not given dignity, but would assume ...
— Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris

... conclude, more especially from the researches of Boyd Dawkins, that European cattle are descended from two species; and there is no improbability in this fact, for the genus Bos readily yields to domestication. Besides these two species and the zebu, the yak, the gayal, and the arni (3/47. Isid. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 'Hist. Nat. Gen.' tome 3, 96.) (not to mention the buffalo or genus Bubalus) have been domesticated; making altogether six species of Bos. The zebu and the two European species are ...
— The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication - Volume I • Charles Darwin



Words linked to "Yak" :   blether, talking, yakety-yak, intercommunicate, talk, wild ox, idle talk, chatter, prate, yak butter, communicate, yak's milk, ox, genus Bos, chin music, prattle, Bos



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