Meanings
plural yard sales · alternative yardsale
- USA sale of used household goods held on the seller's own premises.
Synonyms: garage sale, tag sale, rummage sale
- hobbiesThe state of a skier, snowboarder, skateboarder, cyclist, etc. and their equipment after a severe crash, laid out across the ground like items in a yard sale.
No yard sales on my watch!
2021 February 16, Charlie Berens and DudeDad, The 5 People on the Ski Slopes1 more example
Pro athletes are expected to be Very Online. Some polish their profiles to a high shine; Courtney rides her own line. There are the obligatory golden-hour shots, but her Insta also has quirky strength-training videos and footage of total yard sales—like her endoing on a training ride this spring.
2019 December 9, “The 2019 Outsiders of the Year”, in Outside - broadlyhobbiesA notable fall during a sports activity, such as trail running.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA sale of used household goods held on the seller's own premises.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish pihakirppis
- pihakirppissale
French vide-grenier
- vide-greniersale
Polish wyprzedaż rzeczy używanych
- wyprzedaż rzeczy używanychsale
Spanish yarda, yard sale
- yardasale
- yard salesale
Cite this entry
yard sale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yard%20sale
“yard sale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yard%20sale. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yard sale,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yard%20sale.
Source: yard sale on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.