yack

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
13
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/jæk/
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/jæk/ · /jak/

Definition of yack

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of yak (“chatter; talk”).
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noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of yak (“chatter; talk”).
  2. (England, dialectal, obsolete)An oak.
    “If 't ash tree buds before 't yack, […]”
    “Awd stiff yack nut eeasy bended, […]”
  3. (UK, obsolete)A watch (timepiece).
    “I have got the Yacks, so do not come it. Fight cocum.”
    “[…] and away I scampered with the tiddlywink-table, while Teddy Limber […] frisked the yokel of his yack and skin.”

verb

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of yak (“talk; vomit”).
    “I moved to another carriage on the train because the first one was full of people yacking on mobile phones.”
    “You rode the blimp here, didn't you? Boy, I envy you. I'm dying to ride that thing, but air travel makes me yack.”
    ““If we do a deal, no one ever hears about it. Others yack but Iwan never does. It is very Swiss.””

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Etymology

Dialectal form.

Anagrams of yack

3 plays · some not in Scrabble

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Words you can make from yack

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3-letter words

4 words

2-letter words

3 words

Hooks

2 extensions · 1 front · 1 back

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