yaws
Meaning of yaws
plural noun
a contagious disease of tropical countries, caused by a bacterium that enters skin abrasions and gives rise to small crusted lesions which may develop into deep ulcers.
late 17th century: probably from Carib yaya, from an indigenous South American language.
verb, 3rd person present- (of a moving ship or aircraft) twist or oscillate about a vertical axis.
the jet yawed sharply to the right
mid 16th century: of unknown origin.
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- The singular form of yaws is: yaw.
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- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- yaws is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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