Yid ['yid] -n

  1. jew

Yid·dish ['yi-dish] -n, adj

  1. a High German language written in Hebrew characters that is spoken by Jews and descendants of Jews of central and eastern European origin

Yid·dish·ism ['yi-di-,shi-zəm] -n, n or adj

  1. a usage, word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Yiddish
  2. a movement characterized by advocacy of the Yiddish language and culture

yield ['yēld] -vb

  1. recompense, reward
  2. to give or render as fitting, rightfully owed, or required
  3. : to give up possession of on claim or demand: as
  4. to give up (as one's breath) and so die
  5. to surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another : hand over possession of
  6. to surrender or submit (oneself) to another
  7. to give (oneself) up to an inclination, temptation, or habit
  8. to relinquish one's possession of (as a position of advantage or point of superiority)
    • yield precedence
  9. to bear or bring forth as a natural product esp. as a result of cultivation
    • the tree always yield s good fruit
  10. to produce or furnish as return
    • this soil should yield good crops
  11. to produce as return from an expenditure or investment : furnish as profit or interest
    • a bond that yield s 12 percent
  12. to produce as revenue : bring in
    • the tax is expected to yield millions
  13. to give up (as a hit or run) in baseball
    • yield ed two runs in the third inning
  14. to be fruitful or productive : bear, produce
  15. to give up and cease resistance or contention : submit, succumb
    • facing an enemy who would not yield
    • yield ing to temptation
  16. to give way to pressure or influence : submit to urging, persuasion, or entreaty
  17. to give way under physical force (as bending, stretching, or breaking)
  18. to give place or precedence : acknowledge the superiority of someone else
  19. to be inferior
    • our dictionary yield s to none
  20. to give way to or become succeeded by someone or something else
  21. to relinquish the floor of a legislative assembly
  22. something yielded : product
  23. the amount or quantity produced or returned
    • yield of wheat per acre
  24. the capacity of yielding produce

yield·er ['yēl-dər] -n

  1. : one that yields: as
  2. a person who surrenders, concedes, or gives in
  3. something that yields produce or products

yield·ing [-diŋ] -adj

  1. productive
    • a high- yielding wheat
  2. lacking rigidity or stiffness : flexible
  3. disposed to submit or comply
    • a docile and yielding temperament

yikes ['yīks] -interj

  1. used to express fear or astonishment

yin ['yin] -n

  1. the feminine passive principle in nature that in Chinese cosmology is exhibited in darkness, cold, or wetness and that combines with yang to produce all that comes to be

yin and yang -n

  1. opposite sides, elements, or extremes
    • the daily yin and yang of the campaign -- Steve Lopez

Yin·glish ['yiŋ-glish, -lish] -n

  1. English marked by numerous borrowings from Yiddish

yin·ter·cept ['wī-'in-tər-,sept] -n

  1. the y-coordinate of a point where a line, curve, or surface intersects the y-axis

yip ['yip] -vi, n

  1. to bark sharply, quickly, and often continuously
  2. to utter a short sharp cry

yip·pee ['yi-pē] -interj

  1. used to express exuberant delight or triumph

yip·pie ['yi-pē] -n

  1. a person belonging to or identified with a politically active group of hippies

yips ['yips] -n pl

  1. a state of nervous tension affecting an athlete (as a golfer) in the performance of a crucial action
    • had a bad case of the yips on short putts