English words starting with y

Meanings of Y:

abbreviation

Year(s).

Usage examples:

Orbital period (pluto): 248.5y

suffix

(forming adjectives from nouns and adjectives) full of; having the quality of.

Usage examples:

Messy

noun

The twenty-fifth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

Created by two of today’s wittiest, most imaginative minds, the alphabet from a to y with bonus let…

The chemical element yttrium.

Meanings of Y-fronts:

noun

A brand name for a piece of underwear for men and boys, covering the area between the waist and the tops of the legs, with an opening at the front in the shape of an upside-down y

Meanings of Ya:

determiner

Non-standard spelling of you, used to represent a pronunciation.

Usage examples:

See ya later

noun

A person in their teens or early twenties, especially as a consumer of fiction, films, television programmes, etc.

Usage examples:

Comics aimed at both yas and younger readers

adjective

Denoting or relating to fiction, films, television programmes, etc., intended or suitable for people in their teens or early twenties.

Usage examples:

Contemporary ya fiction

Meanings of Yabber:

verb

Chatter.

Usage examples:

What's he yabbering about?

Meanings of Yabbered:

verb

Chatter.

Usage examples:

What's he yabbering about?

Meanings of Yabbering:

verb

Chatter.

Usage examples:

What's he yabbering about?

Meanings of Yabbers:

verb

Chatter.

Usage examples:

What's he yabbering about?

Meanings of Yabbie:

noun

A small freshwater crayfish.

Usage examples:

Blackfish can also be great sport in coloured water by using your bream rig and fresh yabbies.

Meanings of Yabby:

noun

A small freshwater crayfish.

Usage examples:

Blackfish can also be great sport in coloured water by using your bream rig and fresh yabbies.

Meanings of Yachted:

verb

Race or cruise in a yacht.

Usage examples:

The only place olga felt free was when the family yachted over to fredensborg palace in denmark.

noun

A medium-sized sailing boat equipped for cruising or racing.

Usage examples:

A young woman who is a stewardess on a ferry becomes a skipper on a racing yacht.

Meanings of Yachting:

noun

The sport or pastime of racing or sailing in yachts.

Usage examples:

Never has so much sound and not so sound money been poured down the drink in the name of sport and …

verb

Race or cruise in a yacht.

Meanings of Yachtsman:

noun

A person who sails yachts.

Usage examples:

He was also the first yachtsman to sail a multi-hulled sailing boat around the world non-stop.

Meanings of Yachtsmen:

noun

A person who sails yachts.

Usage examples:

He was also the first yachtsman to sail a multi-hulled sailing boat around the world non-stop.

Meanings of Yachtswoman:

noun

A woman who sails yachts.

Usage examples:

She became the fastest yachtswoman to circumnavigate the world

Meanings of Yachtswomen:

noun

A woman who sails yachts.

Usage examples:

She became the fastest yachtswoman to circumnavigate the world

Meanings of Yack:

noun

Trivial or unduly prolonged conversation.

Usage examples:

He was quick to raise his voice through a cordless microphone to silence the gathering engaged in a…

verb

Talk at length about trivial or boring subjects.

Usage examples:

She wondered what he was yakking about

Meanings of Yacked:

verb

Talk at length about trivial or boring subjects.

Usage examples:

She wondered what he was yakking about

noun

Trivial or unduly persistent conversation.

Usage examples:

You'll have to cope with the ringtones and yackety-yak of fellow passengers

Meanings of Yacking:

verb

Talk at length about trivial or boring subjects.

Usage examples:

She wondered what he was yakking about

noun

Trivial or unduly persistent conversation.

Usage examples:

You'll have to cope with the ringtones and yackety-yak of fellow passengers

Meanings of Yacks:

verb

Talk at length about trivial or boring subjects.

Usage examples:

She wondered what he was yakking about

noun

Trivial or unduly persistent conversation.

Usage examples:

You'll have to cope with the ringtones and yackety-yak of fellow passengers

Meanings of Yaffle:

noun

Another term for green woodpecker.

Meanings of Yaffler:

noun

(in tasmania) a person who is very talkative, especially someone who talks nonsense or boasts.

Usage examples:

They reckon he is a yaffler who talks the talk but can't back it up

Meanings of Yahoo:

noun

A rude, noisy, or violent person.

Usage examples:

The young people, they have no religion, and the yahoos are coming home to roost.

exclamation

Expressing great joy or excitement.

Usage examples:

Yahoo—my plan worked!

Meanings of Yahoos:

noun

A rude, noisy, or violent person.

Usage examples:

The young people, they have no religion, and the yahoos are coming home to roost.

exclamation

Expressing great joy or excitement.

Usage examples:

Yahoo—my plan worked!

Meanings of Yahrzeit:

noun

(among jewish people) the anniversary of the death of a parent or other close relative, marked by the burning of a memorial candle.

Usage examples:

It even lets you add birthdays and yahrzeits of loved ones, with a reminder for every year.

Meanings of Yahrzeits:

noun

(among jewish people) the anniversary of the death of a parent or other close relative, marked by the burning of a memorial candle.

Usage examples:

It even lets you add birthdays and yahrzeits of loved ones, with a reminder for every year.