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  • Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2006 yik yak don't be black an don't be stepping on ma toes

    stoopin around impetuousme 2006

  • The Brulé riders were thundering by before me, shrieking their "Kye-kye-kye-yik!" and "Hoo'hay!", and if ever you hear that from a Sioux, get the hell out of his way, because he isn't asking you the time.

    Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982

  • So the practice began, with Lord Gensifer running here and there, praising, criticizing, castigating, stimulating his team with shrill ki-yik-yik-yiks.

    Trullion: Alastor 2262 Vance, Jack 1973

  • Many interesting facts were given touching the bushmen, who converse in the "click" language, with sounds resembling "Klik yik tock woc nic tchu slik," which jabber has been mastered completely by missionaries and committed to grammar.

    Africa for Christ. Twenty-Eight Years a Slave Thomas Lewis 1892

  • Forgot to mention Barbra Streisand and her skirt...th­e signature slit it too high and the skirt is too long...yik shuffleoff: Forgot to mention Barbra Streisand and her skirt...the signature slit shuffleoff 6 minutes ago 9:47 PM

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Good for Gretchen for sitting calmly while those two yik yaks barfed over her entree, right?

    PopWatch 2010

  • Good for Gretchen for sitting calmly while those two yik yaks barfed over her entree, right?

    PopWatch Karen Valby 2010

  • An example of the difficulty of tonal languages is that the Chinese (Cantonese) word "siu gai yik" can mean "BBQ chicken wings" or "small chicken wings" depending on the tone of the word "siu".

    Latest Articles pravoslavie.ru 2009

  • Voodoo Blue: While the tribe would beat the Conga Blues late at night, someone came up with the Voodoo Blues, yik ...

    PegasusNews.com stories 2008

  • The Brul" riders were thundering by before me, shrieking their "Kye-kye-kye-yik!" and "Hoo'hay!", and if ever you hear that from a Sioux, get the hell out of his way, because he isn't asking you the time.

    Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

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