yapro. you. (Eye-dialect. Typical spoken
English. Used in writing only for effect.
Used in the examples of this dictionary.)
See ya! Is this all ya want?
yack and yock; yuck; yuk[jAk and jOk,
j@k] 1. n. a foolish person. Who’s the
yock wearing the red bandana? Get
some yuk to do it. I’m busy. 2. n. idle chat-
ter. I’ve heard enough yack to last me
a lifetime. Too much yock. Where’s the
beef? 3. Go to yak.
yackety-yak[“jAk@di”jAk] n. chatter; gos-
sip. No more yackety-yak. That’s
enough yackety-yak. Quiet!
yahoo[“jahu] n. a rustic oaf; an uncouth
jerk. Ask that yahoo to close the door af-
ter him. What yahoo brought this dog
in here?
yak and yack[jAk] 1. in. to talk. Stop
yakking for a minute. I need to yack
with you about something. 2. n. a chat.
We had a nice little yack and then left for
work. Drop by for a yak sometime. 3.
n. a joke. That was a lousy yak. Don’t
tell that yack again. It’s not a winner. 4.
n. a laugh from a joke. We had a good
yack over it. The audience produced a
feeble yak that was mostly from embar-
rassment. 5. in. to vomit. (Onomatopo-
etic.) Hank was in the john yakking all
night. Who yakked on the carpet?
yak it uptv. to talk incessantly or a lot.
Why don’t you all just yak it up while I get
ready to give the talk? Stop yakking it up
and listen.
yakky[“jAki] mod. talkative. He’s a yakky
old man, but I like him. Isn’t she yakky
today?
yank 1. tv. to harass someone. (See also
yank someone around.) Stop yanking
me! Yank the welcher a little and see
what that does. 2. n. a Yankee; a U.S. sol-
dier. (Usually Yank.) I don’t care if you
call me a yank. That’s what I am. Hey,
Yank! What’s new? 3. in. to vomit.
Somebody or some animal yanked on the
driveway. I think I gotta go yank.
yankedmod. arrested. (Underworld.)
Lefty got himself yanked one too many
times. Everybody in the gang got yanked
at least once last week.
yank one’s strapGo to beat the dummy.
yank someone aroundtv. to harass some-
one; to give someone a hard time. (See
also jerk someone around.) Listen, I
don’t mean to yank you around all the
time, but we have to have the drawings by
Monday. Please stop yanking me
around.
yank someone’s chain and pull some-
one’s chaintv. to harass someone; to
give someone a hard time. (As if one were
a dog wearing a choker collar, on a leash.)
Stop yanking my chain! Do you really
think you can just pull my chain whenever
you want?
yank someone’s cranktv. to tease a male
sexually. Don’t pay any attention to her.
She’s just yanking your crank. Come on,
stop yanking my crank and let’s get it on!
yap 1. n. the mouth. Shut your yap!
You have a big yap, you know? 2. in. to
chatter; to gossip. Who’s yapping so
much in here? Did you just come here to
yap? 3. n. nonsense; gibberish. That’s
just yap. Forget it. They mean no harm.
That windbag can produce an enormous
amount of yap. 4. in. to empty one’s