yarr

English

Etymology 1

Imitative.

Verb

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

Noun

yarr (uncountable)

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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Interjection

yarr

1. Alternative form of arr (“used stereotypically in imitation of pirates”)

   Yarr, this be a fine ship.

Anagrams

• 'Arry