How to pronounce “yak shaving”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• Any apparently useless activity which, by allowing one to overcome intermediate difficulties, allows one to solve a larger problem.
• A less useful activity done consciously or subconsciously to procrastinate about a larger but more useful task.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

yacking, yakking, tax haven, sashaying, skiving, scuffing, sea king, scavone, seagoing, scutching