different between goat vs yak

English

Etymology

From Middle English goot, got, gat, from Old English g?t, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

The sense of lecherous man derives from the slang expression "horny as a goat".

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???t/, /???t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?t/, [?o??(t?)], [?o?(?)t?]
• Rhymes: -??t
• (Scotland, Canada, North-East England) IPA^(key): /?o?t/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /????t/

Noun

goat (plural goats)

1. A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra.
   1. (uncountable) The meat of the aforementioned animal.

2. (slang) A lecherous man.
3. (informal) A scapegoat.
   • 2008, "Tigers already miss Jones", in Royal Oak Daily Tribune (Michigan), Aug 6, 2008

     Fernando Rodney, the goat in Sunday's 10th inning loss to Tampa Bay, threw three nearly perfect innings in relief on Tuesday after being demoted from the closer role.

   • 1997, "1997 World Series", Game 7, bottom 11th inning, TV broadcast on NBC Sports, early morning October 27, 1997; words by Bob Costas

     Tony Fernández, who has worn hero's laurels throughout the postseason including earlier in this seventh game of the World Series, now cruel as it may seem, perhaps being fitted for goat horns.

4. (slang) A Pontiac GTO car.
5. (speech recognition) A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
6. A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.

Synonyms

• (lecherous man): See also Thesaurus:libertine
• (scapegoat): See also Thesaurus:scapegoat

Holonyms

• (group of goats): tribe, herd

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Abenaki: kots (from "goats")
• ? Marshallese: koot
• ? Rotokas: goti

Translations

See also

• chevon
• ewe
• herd
• hircine
• kid
• ram
• tribe
• Appendix:collective nouns objects-G

Verb

goat (third-person singular simple present goats, present participle goating, simple past and past participle goated)

1. (transitive) To allow goats to feed on.
   • 1918, Agricultural Experiment Station, Director's Biennial Report - Page 51

     Rape and clover has yielded 283 sheep days of pasture, practically dry weather […] For the coming year it is planned to goat this area continuously

2. (transitive) To scapegoat.
   • 2001, "A worthy Rusch to judgment", in USA Today, July 15, 2001

     John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save

Anagrams

• gato, Gøta, Toga, atgo, toga, TOGA

West Frisian

Noun

goat c (plural goaten, diminutive goatsje)

1. Alternative form of goate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæk/
• Rhymes: -æk
• Homophone: yack

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tibetan ??? (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-ja?.

Noun

yak (plural yak or yaks)

1. An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Burma, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.
   • 2008, Scott R. R. Haskell, Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, John Wiley & Sons (?ISBN), page 619

     Utilization efficiency of dietary protein in the yak differs with diet composition and feeding level, age, sex, body condition score, and animal production level (e.g., growth, lactation). Researchers reported no difference between lactating and dry cows in crude protein digestibility, although lactating yak tend to consume more feed than dry yak.

   • 2004, Wilson G. Pond, Encyclopedia of Animal Science (Print), CRC Press (?ISBN), page 899

     Attempts are now being made, by selection, to create a new breed of yak (the Datong yak) from such crosses. Hybridization of domestic yak with local cattle, at intermediate elevations, has been practiced for generations. The hybrids inherit some of the good characteristics from each species, but lack the adaptation of the yak to the harsh conditions at higher elevations.

Hyponyms

• Bos mutus
• Bos grunniens
• Bos mutus grunniens, wild yak
• Poephagus grunniens, domestic yak

Derived terms

• domestic yak
• wild yak
• yak lace
• yakless
• yaklike
• yak shaving
• yakskin

Translations

Etymology 2

Apparently an onomatopoeia.

Alternative forms

• yack

Verb

yak (third-person singular simple present yaks, present participle yakking, simple past and past participle yakked)

1. (slang, intransitive) To talk, particularly informally but persistently; to chatter or prattle.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XI

     “You'll like Poppet. Nice dog. Wears his ears inside out. Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?” “I could not say, sir.” “Nor me. I've often wondered. But this won't do, Jeeves. Here we are, yakking about Jezebels and dachshunds, when we ought to be concentrating our minds […]

2. (slang, intransitive) To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.

Translations

Noun

yak (countable and uncountable, plural yaks)

1. (slang) A talk, particular an informal talk; chattering; gossip.
   • 1983, Nicolas Freeling, The Back of the North Wind (?ISBN)

     The sudden head-down butt jabbed into someone’s face, is a highly effective way of putting a stop to his yack.

2. (slang) A laugh.
   • 1951, Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds, Cartoonist

     Would-be gags from would-be gagsters. And, nine chances out of ten, not a yak in the lot.

3. (slang) Vomit.

Translations

Related terms

• yackety-yak
• yakfest
• yakky

Etymology 3

Shortening.

Noun

yak (plural yaks)

1. (slang) A kayak.

Anagrams

• 'kay, Kay, kay, kya

Choctaw

Adverb

yak

1. thus

References

• Cyrus Byington, A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?k/
• Hyphenation: yak
• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

yak m (plural yakken or yaks, diminutive yakje n)

1. Alternative spelling of jak

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -jak

Noun

yak m (plural yaks)

1. Alternative spelling of yack

Further reading

• “yak” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From Tibetan ??? (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-ja?.

Noun

yak m (invariable)

1. A yak (bovine)

   Synonym: bue tibetano

Kokborok

Alternative forms

• jak

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *yak (“hand; arm”). Cognate with Garo jak (“hand”).

Noun

yak

1. hand

References

• Debbarma, Binoy (2001) , “yak”, in Concise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary, Language Wing, Education Department, TTAADC, ?ISBN, page 142

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English yak, from Tibetan ??? (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-ja?.

Noun

yak m (genitive singular yak, plural yakkyn)

1. yak

Savi

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?? (eka).

Numeral

yak

1. (cardinal) one

References

• Nina Knobloch (2020) A grammar sketch of Sauji: An Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan?^[1], Stockholm University

Spanish

Alternative forms

• yac

Etymology

From Tibetan ??? (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-ja?.

Pronunciation

Noun

yak m (plural yak or yaks)

1. yak (bovine)

Tagalog

Etymology

From English yuck.

Interjection

yak

1. An expression to indicate disgust.
2. yuck!

Synonyms

• kadiri

Turkish

Etymology

From Tibetan ??? (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-ja?.

Noun

yak (definite accusative yak?, plural yaklar)

1. yak (ox-like mammal)

Synonyms

• Tibet öküzü
• Tibet s???r?