yarr

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English

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Etymology 1

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Imitative.

Verb

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yarr (third-person singular simple present yarrs, present participle yarring, simple past and past participle yarred)

  1. (intransitive, archaic) To growl or snarl like a dog.
    • 1921, Chamber's Journal:
      She yapped and yarred and ran in foolish circles, as though quarrelling with her own tail.
    • 1653, François Rabelais, translated by Thomas Urquhart, Gargantua and Pantagruel:
      And when he saw that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her, and every way keeping such a coil with her as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed []

Etymology 2

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Noun

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yarr (uncountable)

  1. (UK, dialect) The plant Spergula arvensis, corn spurry.

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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yarr

  1. Alternative form of arr (used stereotypically in imitation of pirates)
    Yarr, this be a fine ship.

Anagrams

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