yacks

Goes on forever

Yacks is the plural of yak—the long-haired bovine native to the Himalayas and Central Asian highlands.

These shaggy animals thrive at high altitudes where few other livestock can survive: Yacks grazed on the sparse mountain vegetation.

The spelling yack also represents a variant of yak meaning to chatter or gab, making yacks both animals and idle talk.

talking

chatters

Talks fast, trivially

gabblesSpeaks rapidly, unintelligibly
blathersTalks at length foolishly
prattlesTalks idly, trivially

babbles · rambles · jabbers · natters · gossips · chit-chats · gabs · schmoozes · banters · chinwags

bovines

yaks

Talks endlessly, or Asian oxen

HimalayasAsia's highest range
TibetHimalayan plateau region
NepalSouth Asian mountain nation

shaggy · horned · beasts · herd · grazing · high-altitude · pack animals · butter · milk · wool

vomiting

retches

Convulses without vomiting

heavesThrows with exertion
gagsJokes or silencing devices
pukesExpels food forcefully

barfs · hurls · spews · throws up · upchucks · dry heaves · nausea · queasy · stomach · technicolor yawn

Opposites

verbal quantity

Becomes silent abruptly

clams up · keeps mum · zips it · pipes down · bites tongue

communication vs. silence

Total lack of sound

silences · muteness · quietude · taciturnity · speechlessness

speech substance

Perceives sound attentively

deliberates · gets to the point · pays attention

Family

yack, yacking, yacked

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