yat

plural yats · alternative jat

1. A vowel letter of the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabet (Cyrillic capital Ѣ, Cyrillic small ѣ, Glagolitic ⱑ), no longer in current use
2. The Late Proto-Slavic (Common Slavic) vowel that was represented by this letter, usually transcribed as /ě/. This vowel underwent various alterations in the later Slavic dialects and is no longer distinguished (except in Ijekavian).

plural yats

1. Multicultural London EnglishalternativeslangAfrican-American VernacularAlternative spelling of yatt (“woman”).

   Quick cash, flip that, now I got big cash. Sit back, sip yak with a next piff yat.

   2018 November 30, “Bits” (track 10), in Original Sounds, performed by Bru-C and Window Kid

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   [Chorus:Kano]:3 wheel-ups in a row, that means I'm a direct rudeboy. 2 2 yats of my own that means I'm a direct rudeboy.

   2016 March 4, “3 Wheel-Ups” (track 4), in Made in the Manor, performed by Kano (British musician),Giggs (rapper),Wiley (musician)

   One fat batty yat let me hold her baps. I let her hold the sack and that's tit for tat.

   2020 October 29, “Fire in the Booth”performed by Dizzee Rascal

1. A unique collection of dialects of English spoken in New Orleans, Louisiana.

   The most distinctive local variety is Yat, called by one observer 'the Cockney of New Orleans'.

   1996, Thomas Burns McArthur, Roshan McArthur, The Oxford Companion to the English Language, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN

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   Traces of New Orleans' old Yat dialect are still heard around town. Apart from city-specific expressions, Yat sounds an awful lot like the traditional Brooklyn accent, and it reflects the same Irish, Italian and German roots.

   2006, Lonely Planet New Orleans

plural Yats

1. A person of the New Orleans, Louisiana area who speaks with a Yat accent.

1. rail transportThe station code of Yau Tong in Hong Kong.