yat
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use
noun
The Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) vowel that was represented by this letter, usually transcribed as /ě/. This vowel underwent various alterations in the later Slavic dialects and is no longer distinguished (except in Ijekavian).
name
A unique collection of dialects of English spoken in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Example Sentences
- "[Chorus:Kano]:3 wheel-ups in a row, that means I'm a direct rudeboy. 2 2 yats of my own that means I'm a direct rudeboy."
- "Quick cash, flip that, now I got big cash. Sit back, sip yak with a next piff yat."
- "One fat batty yat let me hold her baps. I let her hold the sack and that's tit for tat."
- "The most distinctive local variety is Yat, called by one observer 'the Cockney of New Orleans'."
- "Traces of New Orleans' old Yat dialect are still heard around town. Apart from city-specific expressions, Yat sounds an awful lot like the traditional Brooklyn accent, and it reflects the same Irish, Italian and German roots."