"yex" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /jɛks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yex.wav Forms: yexes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛks Etymology: From Middle English ȝeoxe, ȝoxe, from Old English ġeoxa, ġeocsa, ġicsa (“hiccup; sobbing”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ȝeoxe}} Middle English ȝeoxe, {{inh|en|ang|ġeoxa}} Old English ġeoxa Head templates: {{en-noun}} yex (plural yexes)
  1. (archaic or dialectal) A hiccup. Tags: archaic, dialectal Synonyms: yexing
    Sense id: en-yex-en-noun-XBQIfYCn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yesk
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /jɛks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yex.wav Forms: yexes [present, singular, third-person], yexing [participle, present], yexed [participle, past], yexed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛks Etymology: From Middle English yexen, yixen, yesken, from Old English ġeocsian, ġiscian (“to hiccup”), from Proto-West Germanic *giskōn (“to yawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeys- (“gaping, cracked”). Cognate with Middle Low German gischen (“to sob, sigh”), Middle High German geschen, gischen (“to yawn, gape”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yexen}} Middle English yexen, {{inh|en|ang|ġeocsian}} Old English ġeocsian, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*giskōn||to yawn}} Proto-West Germanic *giskōn (“to yawn”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵeys-||gaping, cracked}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵeys- (“gaping, cracked”), {{cog|gml|gischen||to sob, sigh}} Middle Low German gischen (“to sob, sigh”), {{cog|gmh|geschen}} Middle High German geschen Head templates: {{en-verb}} yex (third-person singular simple present yexes, present participle yexing, simple past and past participle yexed)
  1. (archaic, intransitive) To hiccup. Tags: archaic, intransitive Translations (Hiccup): hoqueter (French), שיהוק (shihuk) [masculine] (Hebrew)
    Sense id: en-yex-en-verb-CqonovDp Disambiguation of 'Hiccup': 97 3
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To belch or burp. Tags: archaic, intransitive Translations (Belch or burp): roter (French)
    Sense id: en-yex-en-verb-pKVY0FOM Categories (other): English 3-letter words, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hebrew translations Disambiguation of English 3-letter words: 25 25 49 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 24 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 20 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 15 70 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of 'Belch or burp': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yesk Derived forms: yexing
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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