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語源 1

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag). See there for more.

名詞

yak (plural yak or yaks)

1. An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.
   • 2008, Scott R. R. Haskell, Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 619:

     Utilization efficiency of dietary protein in the yak differs with diet composition and feeding level, age, sex, body condition score, and animal production level (e.g., growth, lactation). Researchers reported no difference between lactating and dry cows in crude protein digestibility, although lactating yak tend to consume more feed than dry yak.

   • 2004, Wilson G. Pond, Encyclopedia of Animal Science (Print), CRC Press, →ISBN, page 899:

     Attempts are now being made, by selection, to create a new breed of yak (the Datong yak) from such crosses. Hybridization of domestic yak with local cattle, at intermediate elevations, has been practiced for generations. The hybrids inherit some of the good characteristics from each species, but lack the adaptation of the yak to the harsh conditions at higher elevations.

下位語

• Bos mutus
• Bos grunniens
• Bos mutus grunniens, wild yak
• Poephagus grunniens, domestic yak

派生語

語源 2

Apparently an onomatopoeia.

別の表記

• yack

動詞

yak (third-person singular simple present yaks, present participle yakking, simple past and past participle yakked)

1. (slang, intransitive) To talk, particularly informally but persistently; to chatter or prattle.
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

     “You'll like Poppet. Nice dog. Wears his ears inside out. Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?” “I could not say, sir.” “Nor me. I've often wondered. But this won't do, Jeeves. Here we are, yakking about Jezebels and dachshunds, when we ought to be concentrating our minds […]

   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     And in the last few days Clair's boundless capacity to yak about herself while Melissa listened had turned Chip against her, too.

2. (slang, intransitive) To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.
   • 1998, Tim Herlihy, The Wedding Singer, spoken by Glenn Guglia (Matthew Glave):

     She'll feel better when she yaks.

名詞

yak (countable and uncountable, plural yaks)

1. (slang) A talk, particular an informal talk; chattering; gossip.
   • 1962, Ian Fleming, chapter 9, in The Spy Who Loved Me:

     Sluggsy said indifferently, ‘You’ll be wised up come morning. Meanwhiles, howsabout shuttin’ that dumb little hashtrap of yours? All this yak is bending my ear. I want some action.

   • 1983, Nicolas Freeling, The Back of the North Wind, →ISBN:

     The sudden head-down butt jabbed into someone’s face, is a highly effective way of putting a stop to his yack.

2. (slang) A laugh.
   • 1951, Fredric Brown, Mack Reynolds, Cartoonist:

     Would-be gags from would-be gagsters. And, nine chances out of ten, not a yak in the lot.

3. (slang) Vomit.

関連する語

• yacket
• yackety-yak
• yakfest
• yakky

語源 3

Borrowed from Korean 약 (yak).

名詞

yak (plural yaks)

1. a traditional Korean flute used in court music

語源 4

Shortening of various unrelated words.

名詞

yak (plural yaks)

1. (slang) A kayak.
2. (slang) cognac.
   • 2018 November 30, “Bits” (track 10), in Original Sounds‎, performed by Bru-C and Window Kid:

     Quick cash, flip that, now I got big cash. Sit back, sip yak with a next piff yat.

3. (slang, chiefly in the plural) A yakuza member.
   • 2007, Merrill Singer, Drugging the Poor: Legal and Illegal Drugs and Social Inequality, Waveland Press, →ISBN, page 191:

     Yakuza, or Yaks as they are popularly known, Japan's large and tightly organized crime and illicit drug corporations.

   • 2015 September 9, yakthrow, “My neighborhood Yak”, in Reddit‎, archived from the original on 25 February 2026:

     These days yaks make most of their money through securities fraud.

   • 2023, Matthew A. Knorpp, The Killer Who Lost His Mind, Archway Publishing, →ISBN, page 191:

     Don't worry about it, Carter. Yaks aren't gonna be a problem around here? Yaks? Yakuza?

アナグラム

• 'kay, Kay, kay, kya