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.

   • François Rabelais (in translation), 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, the corn spurry.

Anagrams

• 'Arry