yarr
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Imitative.
Verb edit
yarr (third-person singular simple present yarrs, present participle yarring, simple past and past participle yarred)
- (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 edit
Noun edit
yarr (uncountable)
- (UK, dialect) The plant Spergula arvensis, corn spurry.
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Interjection edit
yarr
- Alternative form of arr (“used stereotypically in imitation of pirates”)
- Yarr, this be a fine ship.