yakety-yak
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yak1
(yæk)n.
1. a large, shaggy-haired wild ox, Bos grunniens, of the Tibetan highlands, having long, curved horns.
2. a domesticated variety of this animal.
[1785–95; < Tibetan, sp. gyag]
yak2
or yack
(yæk)v. yakked yacked, yak•king yack•ing, v.i.
1. to gab; chatter.
n. 2. incessant idle or gossipy talk.
[1945–50; appar. of expressive orig.]
yak′ker, n.
yak3
(yæk)n., v.i., v.t. yakked, yak•king. Slang.
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