yak
Shaggy highland ox
A yak is a large, shaggy-haired ox native to the high plateaus of Tibet and Central Asia, domesticated for milk, meat, and transport.
Separately, to yak is to talk at length, often tediously: She yakked on the phone for hours.
The noun yak means such chatter.
Also spelled yack.
Verbal exchange between people
- gabLight, meaningless talk
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
- prattleTrivial, prolonged speech
- rambleMove or speak without direction
blather · babble · natter · schmooze · gossip · banter · chitchat · palaver
Grazing animals together
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- ungulateMammal with hooves
- mammalWarm-blooded, milk-producing animal
- grazeFeed on growing plants
ruminant · domesticated · livestock · hoofed · bison · buffalo · oxen · calve
Himalayan plateau region
- LhasaTibet's administrative center
- plateauFlat highland area
- nomadHomeless wanderer by choice
- HimalayasAsia's highest range
butter tea · prayer flag · monastery · Buddhism · caravan · highlands · high altitude
talk
Verbal exchange between people
ramble · blather · babble · natter · schmooze · gossip · banter · chitchat · palaver · small talk
herd
Grazing animals together
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- ungulateMammal with hooves
- mammalWarm-blooded, milk-producing animal
graze · ruminant · domesticated · livestock · hoofed · bison · buffalo · oxen · calve · pasture
Tibet
Himalayan plateau region
Himalayas · butter tea · prayer flag · monastery · Buddhism · caravan · highlands · high altitude
wool
Sheared animal fiber
fuzzy · woolly · mane · pelt · yarn · felt · downy · undercoat · spinning · weaving
load
Carried weight or burden
pack · transport · caravan · trail · mountain pass · saddlebag · harness · expedition · portage · trek
- mountain animalsibex, mountain goat, snow leopard, marmot, pika
- ruminantscow, cows, ox, oxen, goat
- NepalKathmandu, Himalayas, Everest, Annapurna, Gurkhas
- cold-climate animalshusky, reindeer, caribou, muskox, Siberian cat
- Mountain Wildlifeibex, snow leopard, mountain goat, bighorn sheep, pika
- Tibetan PlateauTibet, Lhasa, Tibetan Plateau, snow leopard, pika
- yakkety yakIncessant idle chatter
- yakked onVomited onto