Yak
noun
A type of mammal, similar to a cow, but with long hair. They live in the mountains in central Asia.
They saw a herd of yak in the vast green pastures of Tibet.
Often appears as...
- herd of yak
- wild yak
verb
To talk continuously or unnecessarily for a long time, often about trivial or boring things.
I met Bob at the cafe and he just yakked on about his hobbies for hours.
Often appears as...
- yak on
- yak about
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A type of mammal, similar to a cow, but with long hair. They live in the mountains in central Asia.
They saw a herd of yak in the vast green pastures of Tibet.
Often appears as...
- herd of yak
- wild yak
verb
To talk continuously or unnecessarily for a long time, often about trivial or boring things.
I met Bob at the cafe and he just yakked on about his hobbies for hours.
Often appears as...
- yak on
- yak about
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Central Asian Origin
Yaks are associated with high-altitude regions like Tibet and often symbolize life there.
Visiting the Himalayas, one can't miss the shaggy yak dotting the landscape.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Attributes
Yaks have dense, woolly coats, which differ from regular cows, reflecting their cold habitats.
Despite the chill, the yak's coat keeps it warm.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Importance
In their native regions, yaks are an important resource, providing milk, meat, and transport.
Yaks are integral to the nomadic lifestyle of Tibetans.
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Unsung Heroes of Everest...
where people grow potatoes, herd yaks. There aren't a lot of other options for making an income besides the mountain. Running a tea-house, running a lodge those are kind of the dreams. A lot of people save up their money to start up a tea-house so they won't have to keep working in the mountains. Life is really quiet and slow in these places.
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Paul Snelgrove: A census...
by the oxygen that the oceans provide. Census scientists worked in the rain, they worked in the cold, they worked under water and they worked above water trying to illuminate the wondrous discovery, the still vast unknown, the spectacular adaptations that we see in ocean life. So whether you're a yak herder living in the mountains of Chile,
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A brie(f) history of...
giving way to a wide variety of new, harder cheeses. And though some conservative food cultures rejected the dairy delicacy, many more embraced cheese, and quickly added their own local flavors. Nomadic Mongolians used yaks’ milk to create hard, sundried wedges of Byaslag.
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Everest Biology - Life...
landscapes and so that helps us understand better the organisms that we're studying in the context of the landscape in terms of the ability to respond to climatic changes different species have different capacities for response to use a local example purebred yaks can
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Searching for the...
pretty much forever they've tinted yaks goats sheep and other livestock every now and then a snow leopard would kill one and that was a major blow because those animals are key to the family's survival so when snowbirds killed livestock people responded by hunting
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The Call of Everest PIPE...
somebody figured out how to cross a yak with a cow and get an animal called the zopi oh which looks you know kind of like a yak and kind of like Cal but it can carry much more weight it has a much better disposition and most importantly
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Evidence of the Yeti PIPE...
ice axe to give a sense of scale to find any footprints at such high altitude was simply inexplicable so high above the treeline and so high above any human habitation they didn't look like the footprints of a man a bear or a yak the
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Turns Out, Caterpillar...
and it could be a lifesaver this climb will expose me to an invisible killer altitude sickness the yaks are built for this mountain air their blood can hold three times more oxygen than regular
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Monika Bulaj: The hidden...
But he gave me a cup of tea. And I understood that his surprise was my protection. So I have been walking and traveling, by horses, by yak, by truck, by hitchhiking, from Iran's border
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The science of milk -...
and even cats, males can also lactate. Milk drinkers worldwide consume dairy from buffalo, goats, sheeps, camels, yaks, horses, and cows. Almost all of these species are ruminants,
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Unsung Heroes of Everest...
where people grow potatoes, herd yaks. There aren't a lot of other options for making an income besides the mountain. Running a tea-house, running a lodge those are kind of the dreams. A lot of people save up their money to start up a tea-house so they won't have to keep working in the mountains. Life is really quiet and slow in these places.
Video examples
Paul Snelgrove: A census...
by the oxygen that the oceans provide. Census scientists worked in the rain, they worked in the cold, they worked under water and they worked above water trying to illuminate the wondrous discovery, the still vast unknown, the spectacular adaptations that we see in ocean life. So whether you're a yak herder living in the mountains of Chile,
Video examples
A brie(f) history of...
giving way to a wide variety of new, harder cheeses. And though some conservative food cultures rejected the dairy delicacy, many more embraced cheese, and quickly added their own local flavors. Nomadic Mongolians used yaks’ milk to create hard, sundried wedges of Byaslag.
Video examples
Everest Biology - Life...
landscapes and so that helps us understand better the organisms that we're studying in the context of the landscape in terms of the ability to respond to climatic changes different species have different capacities for response to use a local example purebred yaks can
Video examples
Searching for the...
pretty much forever they've tinted yaks goats sheep and other livestock every now and then a snow leopard would kill one and that was a major blow because those animals are key to the family's survival so when snowbirds killed livestock people responded by hunting
Video examples
The Call of Everest PIPE...
somebody figured out how to cross a yak with a cow and get an animal called the zopi oh which looks you know kind of like a yak and kind of like Cal but it can carry much more weight it has a much better disposition and most importantly
Video examples
Evidence of the Yeti PIPE...
ice axe to give a sense of scale to find any footprints at such high altitude was simply inexplicable so high above the treeline and so high above any human habitation they didn't look like the footprints of a man a bear or a yak the
Video examples
Turns Out, Caterpillar...
and it could be a lifesaver this climb will expose me to an invisible killer altitude sickness the yaks are built for this mountain air their blood can hold three times more oxygen than regular
Video examples
Monika Bulaj: The hidden...
But he gave me a cup of tea. And I understood that his surprise was my protection. So I have been walking and traveling, by horses, by yak, by truck, by hitchhiking, from Iran's border
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The science of milk -...
and even cats, males can also lactate. Milk drinkers worldwide consume dairy from buffalo, goats, sheeps, camels, yaks, horses, and cows. Almost all of these species are ruminants,
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Temple Grandin
American Educator
Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks.
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Isabella Bird
English Explorer
My first yak was fairly quiet and looked a noble steed with my Mexican saddle and gay blanket among rather than upon his thick black locks. His back seemed as broad as that of an elephant, and with his slow, sure, resolute step, he was like a mountain in motion.
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Dave Matthews
South African Musician
I want to figure out a way to not be stupid with money, then make a whole bunch of it, then I want to move to Outer Mongolia. I want to milk a yak. Maybe I'll just settle for a cow. Can you milk a bison?
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John McWhorter
American Writer
Most languages spoken by a few thousand people are so complicated they make your head swim; a Siberian yak herder's language is much more complicated than a Manhattan bond trader's.
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Dave Matthews
South African Musician
I want to figure out a way to not be stupid with money, then make a whole bunch of it, then I want to move to Outer Mongolia. I want to milk a yak. Maybe I'll just settle for a cow.
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Chris March
American Designer
In the past, I have approximated the look of monkey fur and yak hair with human hair because it's inexpensive, and it lasts a long time.
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Brian Blessed
English Actor
I fed my yak on my spare Cadbury chocolate 21,0000ft up Everest. It was a blonde, very sweet female yak. I made it my pet after that.
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Isabella Bird
English Explorer
The rush of a herd of bellowing yaks at a wild gallop, waving their huge tails, is a grand sight.
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Temple Grandin
American Educator
Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks.
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Isabella Bird
English Explorer
My first yak was fairly quiet and looked a noble steed with my Mexican saddle and gay blanket among rather than upon his thick black locks. His back seemed as broad as that of an elephant, and with his slow, sure, resolute step, he was like a mountain in motion.
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Dave Matthews
South African Musician
I want to figure out a way to not be stupid with money, then make a whole bunch of it, then I want to move to Outer Mongolia. I want to milk a yak. Maybe I'll just settle for a cow. Can you milk a bison?
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John McWhorter
American Writer
Most languages spoken by a few thousand people are so complicated they make your head swim; a Siberian yak herder's language is much more complicated than a Manhattan bond trader's.
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Dave Matthews
South African Musician
I want to figure out a way to not be stupid with money, then make a whole bunch of it, then I want to move to Outer Mongolia. I want to milk a yak. Maybe I'll just settle for a cow.
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Chris March
American Designer
In the past, I have approximated the look of monkey fur and yak hair with human hair because it's inexpensive, and it lasts a long time.
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Brian Blessed
English Actor
I fed my yak on my spare Cadbury chocolate 21,0000ft up Everest. It was a blonde, very sweet female yak. I made it my pet after that.
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Isabella Bird
English Explorer
The rush of a herd of bellowing yaks at a wild gallop, waving their huge tails, is a grand sight.
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