All English words - page 4189

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 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 Yajna:

noun

A ritual sacrifice with a specific objective.

Usage examples:

It is a common practice that the head of the family is the karta of major yajnas and rituals along …

Meanings of Yak:

noun

A large domesticated wild ox with shaggy hair, humped shoulders, and large horns, used in tibet as a pack animal and for its milk, meat, and hide.

Usage examples:

Milk products were common in the form of sour cream and butter from cows and yaks.

verb

Talk at length about trivial or boring subjects.

Usage examples:

She wondered what he was yakking about

Meanings of Yakka:

noun

Work, especially of a strenuous physical kind.

Usage examples:

It was their hard yakka that built this place

Meanings of Yakked:

verb

Talk at length about trivial or boring subjects.

Usage examples:

She wondered what he was yakking about

noun

A large domesticated wild ox with shaggy hair, humped shoulders, and large horns, used in tibet as a pack animal and for its milk, meat, and hide.

Usage examples:

Milk products were common in the form of sour cream and butter from cows and yaks.

Meanings of Yakking:

verb

Talk at length about trivial or boring subjects.

Usage examples:

She wondered what he was yakking about

noun

A large domesticated wild ox with shaggy hair, humped shoulders, and large horns, used in tibet as a pack animal and for its milk, meat, and hide.

Usage examples:

Milk products were common in the form of sour cream and butter from cows and yaks.

Meanings of Yakut:

noun

A member of an indigenous people living in scattered settlements in northern siberia.

Usage examples:

He told me that he has established 42 parishes but can find only 17 clergy to staff them, only one …

adjective

Relating to the yakut or their language.

Usage examples:

The yakut corporation, alrosa, a world leading diamond producer, is one of the largest companies in…

Meanings of Yam:

noun

The edible starchy tuber of a climbing plant that is widely grown in tropical and subtropical countries.

Usage examples:

Trucks selling yams, widely used as a tonic, can be seen along the provincial highway in nantou cou…

verb

(of a cat) miaow.

Usage examples:

A cat slips up the driveway, yamming and trying to talk

Meanings of Yammered:

verb

Talk foolishly or incessantly.

Usage examples:

He was yammering on as if he had an enthralled audience at his feet

noun

Foolish or incessant talk.

Usage examples:

The look on his face stopped bob's nervous yammer

Meanings of Yammering:

verb

Talk foolishly or incessantly.

Usage examples:

He was yammering on as if he had an enthralled audience at his feet

noun

Foolish or incessant talk.

Usage examples:

The look on his face stopped bob's nervous yammer

Meanings of Yammers:

verb

Talk foolishly or incessantly.

Usage examples:

He was yammering on as if he had an enthralled audience at his feet

noun

Foolish or incessant talk.

Usage examples:

The look on his face stopped bob's nervous yammer

Meanings of Yams:

noun

The edible starchy tuber of a climbing plant that is widely grown in tropical and subtropical countries.

Usage examples:

Trucks selling yams, widely used as a tonic, can be seen along the provincial highway in nantou cou…

verb

(of a cat) miaow.

Usage examples:

A cat slips up the driveway, yamming and trying to talk

Meanings of Yana:

noun

A member of a north american people of northern california.

adjective

Relating to the yana or their language.

Meanings of Yang:

noun

(in chinese philosophy) the active male principle of the universe, characterized as male and creative and associated with heaven, heat, and light.

Usage examples:

The slight chills are caused by weakness of the yang which follows injury to the yin.

Meanings of Yangtze:

proper noun

The principal river of china, which rises as the jinsha in the tibetan highlands and flows 6,380 km (3,964 miles) southwards then generally eastwards through central china, entering the east china sea at shanghai.

Meanings of Yankee:

noun

An american.

Usage examples:

Sistani is playing the fence, while sadr has maintained a simple line from day one, yankee go home.

Meanings of Yankees:

noun

An american.

Usage examples:

Sistani is playing the fence, while sadr has maintained a simple line from day one, yankee go home.

Meanings of Yanks:

verb

Pull with a jerk.

Usage examples:

Her hair was yanked, and she screamed

noun

A sudden hard pull.

Usage examples:

One of the other girls gave her ponytail a yank

Meanings of Yanquis:

noun

Variant spelling of yankee, typically used in latin american contexts.

Meanings of Yantras:

noun

A geometrical diagram, or any object, used as an aid to meditation in tantric worship.

Usage examples:

They sit in a circle with a drawing on the ground, of a large circular diagram called mandala or ya…

Meanings of Yapocks:

noun

A semiaquatic carnivorous opossum with dark-banded grey fur and webbed hind feet, native to tropical america.

Usage examples:

It is shared by the american or virginian opossum; the rare water opossum, or yapok of northern sou…

Meanings of Yapok:

noun

A semiaquatic carnivorous opossum with dark-banded grey fur and webbed hind feet, native to tropical america.

Usage examples:

It is shared by the american or virginian opossum; the rare water opossum, or yapok of northern sou…