Dictionary: Y – YAK

• THE Y
n. 1915 – a premises of the Young Men’s Christian Association, or Young Women’s Christian Association 
 
• Y2K
n. 1995 Can. sl. – the year 2000; the first second of the year 2000
 
• YA
adv. 1806 Sc. & Eng. dial. – yes
int. 1812 – an exclamation of disgust, aversion, contempt, or malicious defiance 
 
• YAA
n. 1887 Sc. – an eel
 
• YAABER
n. 1824 Sc. – an incessant talker; a chatterer
 
• YAAG
vb. 1825 Sc. – to be importunate, to insist irritatingly with questions or requests, to nag or harp on
 
• YAAGER
n. 1. Bk1905 Sc. – one given to gossip
n. 2. 1929 Sc. – a horse
n. 3. 1929 Sc. – a strong man
 
• YAAL!
int. Bk1905 Sc. – an expression of defiance and contempt 
 
• YAALTA!
int. Bk1905 Sc. – an expression used to prevent a person doing a thing
 
• YAB
vb. Bk1905 Sc. – to talk incessantly; to harp on a subject
 
• YABA
n. 1990s sl. – a form of hallucinogen, derived from synthetic amphetamine and originally created by Nazi chemists during World War II
 
• YABA TABLETS
n. 1999 US sl. – sweet-tasting tablets that are a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine
 
• YABB
n. a1838 Sc. – an interminable talker, a chatterbox
vb. a1838 Sc. – to harp on a subject; to talk incessantly
 
• YABBA
n. 2001 UK sl. – methamphetamine in pill form when taken as a recreational drug
 
• YABBA-DABBA DOO!
int. 1960 US sl. – a cry of exultation
 
• YABBER
n. 1855 Aust. – speech, language, talk, chatter, a conversation; applied to the speech of the Australian aborigines
vb. 1. 1808 Sc. – to talk in a voluble or excited way; to chatter, to gossip
vb. 2. 1808 Sc.  – to say or utter in a confused or garbled manner; to rattle off
vb. 3. 1825 Sc. – to speak in a peevish, scolding way; to nark; to be querulous
 
• YABBERER
n. M19 Aust. sl. – a talkative, loquacious person
 
• YABBERING
n. 1847 Aust. sl. – talk, conversation
 
• YABBLE
n. 1. 1819 Sc. – chatter, talkativeness
n. 2. 1827 Sc. – a noisy clamour of voices 
n. 3. 1866 Sc. – wrangling, altercation
n. 4. 1866 Sc. – a dog’s barking
n. 5. 1880 Sc. – a garrulous person; a chatterbox
vb. 1. 1808 Sc. – to gabble, to chatter, to talk excessively
vb. 2. 1808 Sc. – to say or utter in a confused or garbled manner; to rattle off
vb. 3. 1825 Sc. – to speak in a peevish, scolding way; to nark; to be querulous
vb. 4. 1866 Sc. – of animals: to chatter, gobble, or bark excitedly
 
• YABBLIN
n. 1866 Sc. – wrangling, altercating
 
• YABBLOCK
n. Bk1905 Sc. obs. – a chattering, talkative person
 
• YABBOCK 
n. 1824 Sc. – an incessant talker; a chatterer
 
• YABBOS
n. 1980s US college sl. – breasts
 
• YABBY
n. 1980s Aust. sl. – in cricket: a wicket-keeper
 
• YABLE
adj. 1825 Sc. – able
 
• YA BOO!
int. 1921 sl., esp. juvenile usage – an exclamation of contempt or derision
 
• YACCA
n. 1888 Aust. sl. – hard work
 
• YACCORN
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – an acorn
 
• YACHIE
n. 1859 Sc.-  a Highlander
 
• YACHLE
vb. Bk1905 Sc. – to walk in an awkward, shuffling manner, like a person with loose joints; to walk with difficulty
 
• YACHLIN
n. Bk1905 Sc. – one who walks in an awkward, shuffling manner
 
• YACHT
n. a1829 Sc. – a big drink; a deep draught
vb. 1871 Sc. – to own
 
• YACHTIAN
n. 1842 – a yachtsman 
 
• YACHTIE
n. 1940s Aust. & NZ sl. – a yachting enthusiast
 
• YACHTLING
n. 1872 – a little yacht 
 
• YACK
adj. 1. 2000s sl. – disgusting
adj. 2. 2001 UK sl. – sick
int. 1970 Amer. dial. – cry of have-not child to another who has something he would like a share of
n. 1. 1812 UK sl. – a watch
n. 2. 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a smart blow or stroke; a heavy thump; a flogging; a stab
n. 3. 1861 – a snapping or cracking sound 
n. 4. 1866 Sc. obs. – a jacket
n. 5. 1866 Sc. – an Eskimo
n. 6. 1950s US Western sl. – a fool, a stupid fellow, an oaf
n. 7. 1950s US sl. – an accent, a tone of voice
n. 8. 1951 US sl. – a joke; a laugh
n. 9. 1958 sl. – empty, idle talk; incessant chatter
n. 10. 1985 US sl. – a telephone sales solicitor, either for a legitimate business or for a confidence swindle
vb. 1. 1824 Sc. obs. – to talk thickly
vb. 2. 1873 – to make a snapping sound, to snap, to crack 
vb. 3. 1899 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to dig out; to force up by the roots
vb. 4. Bk1905 Sc. obs. – to be in perturbation
vb. 5. 1927 Amer. dial. – to vomit, to spew up something
vb. 6. 1950 sl. – to talk excessively, to chatter
vb. 7. 1950s sl. – to laugh
vb. 8. 1980s sl. – to make a sharp noise
vb. 9. 1986 US sl. – to vomit
 
• YACKA
n. 1888 Aust. sl. – hard work
 
• YACKAZ
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to whimper, to whine
 
• YACKEN
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to thrash severely 
 
• YACKER
n. 1. 1825 Sc. obs. – an acre
n. 2. 1885 Eng. dial. – an acorn
n. 3. 1888 Aust. sl. – hard work
n. 4. L19 Aust. sl. – food 
n. 5. 1959 Aust. sl. – talk, chatter
n. 6. 1959 Aust. sl. – a gossip, a loquacious talker
n. 7. 1988 US sl. – a swindler working on a phony investment scam by telephone
vb. 1. 1790 Sc. obs. – to lace or bind tightly so as to constrict; to pull tightly together
vb. 2. 1950s Aust. sl. – to talk, to chatter, to gossip
 
• YACKERS!
int. 1970 Amer. dial. – cry of have-not child to another who has something he would like a share of
 
• YACKERT
n. 1921 Sc. – a sharp blow
 
• YACKET
vb. 1958 sl. – to talk loquaciously
 
• YACKETY-YACK
n. 1958 UK sl. – inconsequential or aimless talk or chatter
vb. 1940s sl. – to chatter or talk aimlessly
 
• YACKETY-YACKET
n. 1958 sl. – loquacious talk
vb. 1953 sl. – to talk loquaciously
 
• YACKETY-YACKETY
n. 1958 sl. – loquacious talk
vb. 1953 sl. – to talk loquaciously
 
• YACKETY-YAK
n. E18  – aimless talk or chatter 
vb. 1953 sl. – to chatter or talk aimlessly
 
• YACKEY-YAA
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a term of contempt for an impertinent fellow
 
• YACKIE
n. 1866 Sc. – an Eskimo
 
• YACKIES!
int. 1970 Amer. dial. – cry of have-not child to another who has something he would like a share of
 
• YACKIE-THUNDER
n. 1958 Sc. – a sudden startling noise which proves to be nothing serious
 
• YACKING
n. 1950s sl. – inconsequential chatter
 
• YACKLE
n. 1. 1825 Sc. – a molar tooth; a grinder
n. 2. 1882 Eng. dial. – the green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis
vb. 1880 Sc. – to gnaw, to chew (confused with ‘yaggle’)
 
• YACKLES
n. 1908 Sc. – small white clouds, shaped somewhat like teeth
 
• YACKRAN
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – an acorn
 
• YACKS!
int. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an exclamation of disgust
int. 2. 1970 Amer. dial. – cry of have-not child to another who has something he would like a share of
 
• YACKUZ
n. 1824 Sc. obs. – one who talks thickly
 
• YACKY-YAK
n. E18 – aimless talk or chatter 
 
• YACOO
n. 1960s African-American sl. – a White racist bigot
 
• YAD
n. 1. 1691 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a work-horse or mare; a riding-horse; an old, worn-out horse
n. 2. 1787 Sc. – a term of contempt for a woman, often one of slovenly or dissolute habits, or of a vicious nature
n. 3. 1863 Sc. – an old cow
 
• YADDA YADDA
phr. 1990s US sl. – and so on, so they say repeatedly
 
• YADDA YADDA YADDA
n. 1967 US sl. – predictable, repetitive, essentially meaningless chatter or conversation
 
• YADDER
n. Bk1905 Sc. – an indefinite quantity
vb. 1897 Eng. dial. – to talk incessantly; to chatter
 
• YADDLE
n. 1846 Eng. dial. – cows’ urine
vb. 1. 1822 Sc. – to talk incessantly
vb. 2. 1825 Sc. – to contend, to wrangle
vb. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to speak quickly and unwisely
vb. 4. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to earn
 
• YADE
n. 1787 Sc. – a term of contempt for a woman, often one of slovenly or dissolute habits
 
• YADNAB
n. M19 back-slang – brandy
 
• YADNARB
n. M19 back-slang – brandy
 
• YAEFAULDNESS
n. 1862 Sc. – singleness of heart, integrity, simplicity
 
• YAFF
n. 1. 1609 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – a bark or yelp
n. 2. 1868 Sc. – prattle, chatter
n. 3. 1887 Sc. – a chatterbox, a pert creature
n. 4. 1887 Sc. – a puny, peevish, insignificant person
vb. 1. 1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – to bark, to yelp
vb. 2. 1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – to talk excessively, to chatter; to talk nonsense; to prate
vb. 3. 1825 Sc. – to chide, to carp, to scold, to nag, to reprehend sharply and critically
vb. 4. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to devour ravenously
 
• YAFFIL
n. 1873 Eng. dial. – the green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis
 
• YAFFIN
adj. 1857 Sc. – pert, forward in speech
 
• YAFFINGAL
n. 1852 Eng. dial. – the green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis
 
• YAFFINGALE
n. 1865 Eng. dial. – the green woodpecker
 
• YAFFINGALER
n. 1852 Eng. dial. – the green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis
 
• YAFFLE
n. 1. 1792 Eng. dial. – the green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis
n. 2. 1836 Eng. dial. – a bark, a yelp
n. 3. 1842 Eng. dial. – a handful; an armful
n. 4. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – money
vb. 1. 1788 UK sl. – to eat or drink hurriedly or greedily 
vb. 2. 1847 Eng. dial. – to bark sharply, as a dog; to yelp
vb. 3. 1847 Eng. dial. – to talk indistinctly; to mumble, as a toothless person
vb. 4. 1893 Eng. dial. – of a woodpecker: to utter a cry
vb. 5. 1895 Eng. dial. – to carry in a loose armful; to pull about
vb. 6. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to snatch; to take illicitly
vb. 7. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to throw down roughly
vb. 8. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to trifle
vb. 9. 1910s US criminals’ sl. – to arrest
vb. 10. 1998 UK sl. – to engage in oral sex
 
• YAFFLE ABOUT
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to gossip
 
• YAFFLER
n. 1. 1802 Eng. dial. – the green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a snappish person
n. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an eater
n. 4. 1995 Aust. sl. – a person who talks too much
 
• YAFFNER
n. L19 African-American sl. – an untrustworthy person; a telltale
 
• YAFFUL
n. 1. 1842 Eng. dial. – a handful; an armful
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – money
vb. 1. 1895 Eng. dial. – to carry in a loose armful; to pull about
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to throw down roughly
 
• YAFU
adj. 1806 Sc. – awful
 
• YAG
n. 1. 1866 Sc. – gossip, chatter; the act of gossiping; a gossip
n. 2. Bk1905 Sc. – fine dust of flour or meal
vb. 1. 1866 Sc. – to gossip, to chatter, to prate
vb. 2. 1892 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to make a noise; to talk angrily; to importune incessantly; to irritate, to nag; to quarrel
vb. 3. Bk1905 Sc. – to act as a peddler; to trade
vb. 4. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to stare
vb. 5. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to give a short bark, as a dog
 
• YAGA YAGA
int. 1980s W. Indies & Black British teen sl. – (as ‘yaga-yaga’!) a greeting, a means of attracting attention to oneself 
n. 1980s W. Indies Rasta – a friend; an intimate
 
• YAGE
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to scratch
 
• YAGER
n. 1. 1840 US – a rifle
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a dealer in scrap-iron
 
• YAGGA-YAGGA
n. 20C W. Indies – unmannerly behaviour
 
• YAGGAZ
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a quarrel
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to wrangle, to quarrel
 
• YAGGER
n. 1. 1785 Sc. – one who buys up fish on the sly in order to corner the market, a forestaller of fish
n. 2. 1821 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a peddler, a hawker
n. 3. Bk1905 Sc. – a clandestine purchaser of things unfairly disposed of
vb. 1. 1901 Amer. dial. – of an animal: to growl threateningly
vb. 2. 1917 Amer. dial. – to talk excessively, noisily, or angrily
 
• YAGGERMENT
n. 1830 Sc. – a state of excitement, a flurry, a pother, agitation
 
• YAGGLE
n. B1900 Eng. dial. – a quarrel
vb. 1. B1900 Eng. dial. – to quarrel, wrangle, bicker
vb. 2. 1924 Sc. – to work in a slow bungling or laboriously way, to toil and moil, to labour
vb. 3. 1929 Sc. – to chew with difficulty, to bite away laboriously at some tough morsel
 
• YAGIMENT
n. 1830 Sc. – a state of excitement, a flurry, a pother, agitation
 
• YAH!
int. 1. 1812 – an exclamation of disgust, aversion, contempt, derision, or malicious defiance 
int. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – come hither! a carter’s command to the hind horse
 
• YAH BOO!
int. 1921 sl., esp. juvenile usage  – an exclamation of contempt or derision
 
• YAH BOO SUCKS!
int. 1913 sl., esp. juvenile usage  – an exclamation of contempt or derision
 
• YA HEY!
int. 1934 Amer. dial. – used an affirmation, greeting, or attention-getter
 
• YA HEY DERE!
int. 1934 Amer. dial. – used an affirmation, greeting, or attention-getter 
 
• YAH HEY!
int. 1934 Amer. dial. – used an affirmation, greeting, or attention-getter
 
• YAH-MAN
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a ‘yes-man’; a sycophant, a toady
 
• YAHOE
n. 1851 Amer. dial. – a loutish, ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic
 
• YAHOO
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – boorish; rustic
int. 1976 – an exclamation of excitement, joy or delight 
n. 1. 1726 – a degraded or bestial person; a lout, a boor; an ignorant, or inexperienced person; an unsophisticated rustic 
n. 2. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – an uncouth backwoodsman
n. 3. 1968 – a violent person 
n. 4. 1970s sl. – a person
n. 5. 1994 US sl. – crack cocaine
vb. 1868 – to behave like a yahoo; to be loutish 
 
• YAHOOISH
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – boorish; rustic
 
• YAHOOS
n. 2001 US sl. – the female breasts
 
• YAHSO
adv. 1995 Jamaica – here, in or to this place 
 
• YAHUDI
adj. 1900 sl., chiefly US – Jewish
n. 1900 sl., chiefly US – a Jew
 
• YAIK
n. 1825 Sc. – a stroke, a blow
vb. Bk1905 Sc. – to ache
 
• YAIL
int. Bk1905 Sc. – an expression of defiance and contempt
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an isle
 
• YAIN
int. 1901 Sc. – a call to a horse in harness to turn left
vb. 1 a1000 obs. – to meet, to encounter, to oppose 
vb. 2. c1315 obs. – to avail 
 
• YAIRDIN
n. 1887 Sc. – a garden
 
• YAK
n. 1. 1812 UK sl. – a watch
n. 2. 1907 Sc., orig. gypsy usage  – the eye
n. 3. 1950s US Western sl. – a fool
n. 4. 1950s US sl. – an accent, a tone of voice
n. 5. 1951 US sl. – a laugh; a joke
n. 6. 1958 US sl. – empty, tedious, trivial talk
n. 7. 1980s US sl. – a term of abuse
n. 8. 1985 US sl. – a telephone sales solicitor, either for a legitimate business or for a confidence swindle
n. 9. 1991 US sl. – during the Korean war: an enemy aircraft
n. 10. 20C US sl., derogatory – a nickname for a Pole or a person of Polish descent
vb. 1. 1949 sl. – to talk or chatter tediously
vb. 2. 1950s sl. – to laugh
vb. 3. 1980s US college sl. – to vomit
vb. 4. 1980s sl. – to make a sharp noise
 
• YAKEE
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a double tooth; a grinder
 
• YAKENAL
n. 1982 US sl. – a capsule of Nembutal™, phentobarbital sodium
 
• YAKERS!
int. 1970 Amer. dial. – cry of have-not child to another who has something he would like a share of
 
• YAKERS ON IT!
int. 1944 Amer. dial. – I claim it!
 
• YAKES!
int. 1970 Amer. dial. – cry of have-not child to another who has something he would like a share of
 
• YAKETY-YACK
n. E18 – aimless talk or chatter 
vb. 1940s sl. – to chatter or talk aimlessly
 
• YAKETY-YAK
n. E18 – aimless talk or chatter 
vb. 1940s sl. – to chatter or talk aimlessly
 
• YAK IT UP
vb. 1940s sl. – to chatter tediously
 
• YAKKA
n. 1888 Aust. sl. – hard work
vb. L19 Aust. sl. – to work hard, to labour
 
• YAKKAPUKEE
n. 1950s Aust. sl. – talk, chatter
 
• YAKKER
n. 1. 1885 Eng. dial. – an acorn
n. 2. 1888 Aust. sl. – hard work
n. 3. 1942 Aust. sl. – food
n. 4. 1959 sl. – a loquacious talker
n. 5. 1961 Aust. sl. – talk
vb. 1. L19 Aust. sl. – to work hard, to labour
vb. 2. 1961 sl. – to talk loquaciously; to chatter; to gossip
 
• YAKKETY-YACK
n. E18 – aimless talk or chatter  
vb. 1940s sl. – to chatter or talk aimlessly
 
• YAKKETY-YAK
n. E18 – aimless talk or chatter  
vb. 1940s sl. – to chatter or talk aimlessly
 
• YAKKING
n. 1950s sl. – inconsequential chatter
 
• YAKKY
adj. 1950s US sl. – talkative; garrulous
n. 1950s US sl. – a talkative person

► YAKKY-DAK n. any intoxicant; pill, hard drugs, or liquor → M20 US sl.
 
• YAKOO
n. 1960s African-American sl. – a White racist bigot
 
• YAKRON
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – an acorn
 
• YAK SHOW
n. 1980s US sl. – a radio talk show
 
• YAKSTER
n. 1929 Sc. – thick yeast
 
• YAK-YAK
n. loquacious talk or chatter …1958 sl.