different between yarl vs yari

English

Etymology

Presumably onomatopoeic. Coined by Josh Sinder and Alex Sibbald of the band Hot Rod Lunatics.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /j??l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)l

Noun

yarl (plural yarls)

1. A deep, guttural vocal style with affected pronunciation, characteristic of male grunge and postgrunge singers of the 1990s and early 2000s.
   • 2002, Patrick Berkery, "Record Review", Creative Loafing (Atlanta), 9 January 2002:

     So pontificating on how Weathered's earnest morass of block-headed rage, grunge-lite mega-riffs and singer Scott Stapp's machismo yarl amounts to little more than Pearl Jam circa '91 for dummies is like shooting fish in a barrel.

   • 2008, Michael J. Vaughn, Outro, iUniverse (2008), ?ISBN, page 10:

     One of my college kids informed me that the latest acoustic grinder hunk had covered it for a soundtrack — probably with that grungy yarl that everybody ripped off from Eddie Vedder.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:yarl.

Verb

yarl (third-person singular simple present yarls, present participle yarling, simple past and past participle yarled)

1. To sing in this manner.
   • 2009, Andrew Matson, "Is there any reason to listen to the new Alice in Chains album, "Black Gives Way to Blue"?", The Seattle Times, 21 October 2009:

     On "All Secrets Known," he yarls "fingers" into "fingerrrrrrrraaaaaaughhhhhzzzzzzz."

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:yarl.

References

Anagrams

• Lary, Lyra, RYLA, Rayl, Ryal, aryl, lyar, lyra, ryal

English

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (yari).

Noun

yari (plural yari)

1. (weaponry) Any of various sizes of spear used in Japanese martial arts.

Anagrams

• Airy, Iyar, Riya, Yair, airy

Hausa

Noun

yàr? m (plural yàr?, possessed form yàrin)

1. earring

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jari/

Noun

yari

1. plural of yaro

Japanese

Romanization

yari

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Kalasha

Noun

yari

1. friendship

   Synonym: yardusti

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch jaar.

Noun

yari

1. year

Tagalog

Adjective

yarì

1. made; finished; manufactured

Derived terms

Pronoun

yarí

1. this (close to the speaker)

   Synonyms: iri, ito