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y'all
a pronoun used to address multiple people
y'know
Informal phrase asking for understanding.
yacht
A large boat used for pleasure or racing.
yachting
The sport of sailing large boats.
yada
and so on or and so forth
yada yada yada
used to skip over details.
yak
a large hairy cow from Asia
yak shaving
doing unrelated tasks that block the real task
yakuza
Japanese organized crime members or groups.
Yalta
A 1945 conference of World War II allied leaders.
yam
A starchy root vegetable, often orange.
Yangon
The largest city in Myanmar.
Yangtze
A major river in China.
Yank
An informal term for an American.
yank someone's chain
tease or annoy someone playfully.
Yankee
Union soldier in the Civil War
Yankee dime
A kiss, often viewed as worthless.
yap
To make a sharp, high-pitched bark.
yard
unit of measurement equal to three feet
yardage
a measurement of length in units of three feet
yardarm
the outer end of a pole supporting a ship's sail
yardarm to yardarm
Very close to each other, especially of two ships.
yardstick
A tool for measuring length, usually three feet long.
yarn
a long, often imaginative story