Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yack

/jæk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: yack
IPA: /jæk/

13

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of yak (“chatter; talk”).

verb

Alternative form of yak (“talk; vomit”).

noun

An oak.

Obsolete

noun

A watch (timepiece).

British usage; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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.”"
"If 't ash tree buds before 't yack, […]"
"Awd stiff yack nut eeasy bended, […]"
"I have got the Yacks, so do not come it. Fight cocum."

Etymology

Dialectal form.

Usage

Obsolete
British usage

Inflected Forms

yacks (plural) yacks (present, singular) yacking (participle, present) yacked (participle, past) yacked (past)

Phrases

yack on

Synonyms

yak yakety-yak chatter cackle jaw yack away rattle on yap away

Homonyms

yak

Rhymes With

back black attack track lack jack pack mac crack hack stack pac

Questions

How do you pronounce yack?: The recorded pronunciation is /jæk/.
What does yack mean?: Alternative form of yak (“chatter; talk”).
Where does yack come from?: Dialectal form.

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