yeti
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9.5
- noun
- /ˈjɛti/
- Literature
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yeti
- In Tibet, it's Yeti or Abominable Snowman.
- Yeti and Sasquatch
- yeti crab
- the real Yeti
You know, I really love Yetis and Chewbacca.
- You know, I really love Yetis and Chewbacca.
- We, we don't really know mysterious creatures like Yetis or Sasquatches or I don't know, whatever.
- I feel like the abominable abominable yeti's girlfriend.
Examples
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Many people believe that the Yeti roams the snowy mountains of the Himalayas.
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The only thing scarier than a lone hungry yeti is two yetis on the rampage.
Blog text (4) -
We promised the public a Yeti, and nothing else will do.
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Um, who let the Yeti in?
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And one day the Yeti had a kid named Jake.
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So you are the Yeti.
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Perhaps he was a kind of yeti.
Fiction book (2000) -
So let's roll up to Mount Yeti Manjaro and see if we can find ourselves a Yeti.
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I am the Yeti!
Fiction book (1999) -
There was no yeti in the zoo, nor a pongo either, and he had wondered about them, for he knew he was looking for something like himself.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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5.9
An imaginary being like a dragon or unicorn with magical powers
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8.8
A large, hairy humanlike creature that people say lives in the Himalayas
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6.5
A made-up creature from old stories or folk tales
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8.1
A frightening creature from stories or legends that is not real
A creature like an ape in stories and legends
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word yeti comes from the mountain languages of the Himalayas, such as Tibetan and Nepali. A local name like yé-teh is said to mean 'rocky man' or 'man-bear', which fits a large, hairy, human-like creature said to live in those snowy mountains.