yak

noun

🔊/jæk/

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an animal of the cow family, with long horns and long hair, that lives in central Asia牦牛（生活于中亚）Topics Animalsc2
Word Originnoun late 18th cent.: from Tibetan gyag.

verb

🔊/jæk/

(also yack)

[intransitive] (informal, often disapproving)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they yak	🔊/jæk/ 🔊/jæk/
he / she / it yaks	🔊/jæks/ 🔊/jæks/
past simple yakked	🔊/jækt/ 🔊/jækt/
past participle yakked	🔊/jækt/ 🔊/jækt/
-ing form yakking	🔊/ˈjækɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈjækɪŋ/

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to talk continuously about things that are not very serious or important没完没了地说些无聊的话
- She just kept yakking on.她只是一个劲地东拉西扯。🔊🔊
Word Originverb 1950s: imitative.