Upon entering the little country store, the stranger noticed a sign saying "DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG!" posted on the glass door.
Inside he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor beside the cash register.
He asked the store manager, "Is that the dog folks are supposed to beware of?"
"Yep, that"s him," he replied.
The stranger couldn"t help but be amused.
"That certainly doesn"t look like a dangerous dog to me. Why in the world would you post that sign?"
"Because," the owner replied, "before I posted that sign, people kept tripping over him."
n. (pl. Yo-yos) 1 toy consisting of a pair of discs with a deep groove between them in which string is attached and wound, and which can be made to fall and rise.
- thing that repeatedly falls and rises. [origin unknown]
YUAN
n. (pl. Same) chief monetary unit of china. [chinese]
YUCK
int. (also yuk) slang expression of strong distaste. [imitative]
YULE
n. (in full yule-tide) archaic the christmas festival. [old english]
YWCA
abbr. Young women's christian association.
YACHT
—n. - light sailing-vessel.
- larger usu. Power-driven vessel for cruising. —v. Race or cruise in a yacht. [dutch jaghtschip, literally ‘pursuit-ship’]
YAHOO
n. Bestial person. [name of a race of brutes in gulliver's travels]
YEARN
v. Be filled with longing, compassion, or tenderness. yearning n. & adj. [old english]
YEAST
n. Greyish-yellow fungus obtained esp. From fermenting malt liquors and used as a fermenting agent, to raise bread, etc. [old english]
YIELD
—v. - produce or return as a fruit, profit, or result.
- give up; surrender, concede.
- a (often foll. By to) surrender; submit; defer to. B (as yielding adj.) Compliant; submissive; soft and pliable.
- (foll. By to) give right of way to (other traffic).
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