Yak vs Yah - What's the difference?
yak | yah |
An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas and Tibet with dark, long and silky hair a horse like tail and a full, bushy mane.
To talk, particularly informally but persistently, such as chatter.
* 1960:' ''“You'll like Poppet. Nice dog. Wears his ears inside out. Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?” “I could not say, sir.” “Nor me. I've often wondered. But this won't do, Jeeves. Here we are, '''yakking about Jezebels and dachshunds, when we ought to be concentrating our minds [...]”'' (, ''(Jeeves in the Offing) , chapter XI)
To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.
A talk, particular an informal one such as chattering.
(slang) A laugh
Vomit.
(slang) shorthand for kayak
(UK, India, South Africa) Yes.
As an interjection yak
is ugh, yuck.As a proper noun yah is
.yak
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* Bos mutus * Bos grunniens * - wild yak * - domestic yakDerived terms
* yak shaving * yaklessSee also
*Etymology 2
apparently an onomatopoeiaAlternative forms
* yackVerb
(yakk)Usage notes
* This is subject to the typically Australian 'have-a-verb' syntactic construction, as in 'I had a yak last night'. But this does not qualify 'yak' to be nominal.Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----yah
English
Etymology 1
An alternative pronunciation, akin to yeah.Adverb
(-)- Yah , we did go along but it turned out the wedding was a load of nonsense.