yak Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun noisy talk
    yack; chatter; cackle; yakety-yak.
  2. noun large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated
    Bos grunniens.
  3. verb talk profusely
    gab.
    • she was yakking away about her grandchildren

WordNet

Yak noun
Etymology
Thibetan gyag.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A bovine mammal (Poëphagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc.

Webster 1913