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more info yack away, v.
talk incessantly and tiresomely
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

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more info yagi, n.
(yagis)
a sharply directional antenna
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more info yahoo, n.
(yahoos)
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
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more info yak, n.
(yaks)
large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated
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noisy talk
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more info yak, v.
(yakked, yakking, yaks)
talk profusely
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"she was yakking away about her grandchildren"

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more info yak butter, n.
butter made from yaks' milk
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more info yak's milk, n.
the milk of a yak
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more info yakety-yak, n.
noisy talk
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more info yakuza, n.
organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises
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a Japanese gangster
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more info yam, n.
(yams)
edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food
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sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked
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any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
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edible tuber of any of several yams
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more info yam bean, n.
Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods; large tubers are eaten raw or cooked especially when young and young pods must be thoroughly cooked; pods and seeds also yield rotenone and oils
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twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
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more info yam family, n.
more info yam plant, n.
any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
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more info yammer, v.
(yammered, yammering, yammers)
complain whiningly
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cry loudly, as of animals
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"The coyotes were howling in the desert"

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You can hear animals %s in the meadows
The meadows %s with animals

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more info yang, n.
(yangs)
the bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology
<noun.cognition>

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"yin and yang together produce everything that comes into existence"
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more info yank, v.
(yanked, yanking, yanks)
freq. cnt. 5
pull, or move with a sudden movement
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"He turned the handle and jerked the door open"

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more info yanker, n.
(yankers)
someone who gives a strong sudden pull
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more info yanquapin, n.
(yanquapins)
water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds
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more info yap, n.
(yaps)
informal terms for the mouth
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more info yap, v.
(yapped, yapping, yaps)
freq. cnt. 1
bark in a high-pitched tone
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"the puppies yelped"

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more info yap away, v.
talk incessantly and tiresomely
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Sam and Sue %s
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more info yard, n.
(yards)
freq. cnt. 47
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
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the enclosed land around a house or other building
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"it was a small house with almost no yard"
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a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)
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"they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"
an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
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a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen
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an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines
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a tract of land where logs are accumulated
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a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
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the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
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more info yard bird, n.
a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
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a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks
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more info yard donkey, n.
a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road
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more info yard goods, n.
merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard
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more info yard grass, n.
coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere
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more info yard line, n.
in football; line parallel to the goal lines indicating position on the field
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more info yard marker, n.
(football) a marker indicating the yard line
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more info yard measure, n.
a ruler or tape that is three feet long
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more info yard sale, n.
an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises
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