Multiple Choice Questions in Diction
731 to 740
using three letter words starting with "Y"
yak (To talk profusely),
yap (To bark sharply, shrillly),
yaw (To deviate, deflect),
yen (To yearn),
yex (To hiccup, belch),
yip (To give a short, sudden cry, in high pitch)
yok (To laugh boisterously),
yow (To howl),
yuk (To joke/laugh exuberantly).
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OBSERVATIONS
1. Most of these verbs were not used by classical wriers.
2. Modern usage also seems to be very limited.
3. The usage seems to stem from converting nouns, adjectives and imitative sounds to verbs.
4. I invite my readers to correct me. I am treading, somewhat, on a slippery path.
731.
The shrill "Yip! Yip!" of the range rose above the thunder of hoofs as twenty ponies jumped to a run. [H.H. Knibbs in his 'Jim Waring of Sonora Town'>
732.
The film director yakked about his forthcoming films for three hours.
733.
Nowadays, students yuk ceaselessly in class rooms.
734.
It is common in Indian villages, to hear street dogs yapping.
(Classic Writers who used this word: George Eliot, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Joseph Conrad, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle et al).
735.
Just in time I blow my horn, and your boat she yaw a little. Then I see you come all down. Eh, wha-at? [Rudyard Kipling (1836) in his 'Captains-Courageous'].
736.
The dogs which yow may not bite.
737.
She yenned to become a doctor, she became an actor.
738.
The child yokked when it saw a giraffe.
739.
People yex when they consume pungent food.
740.
People may yip when they see a cobra in the bed room.
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