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yard sales

yard sales is the plural of yard sale.

Meaning of yard sale

Noun

yard sale (plural yard sales)

  1. (US) A sale of used household goods held on the seller's own premises.
  2. The state of a skier, snowboarder, skateboarder, cyclist, etc. and their equipment after a severe crash, laid out across the ground like items in a yard sale.
    • Pro athletes are expected to be Very Online. Some polish their profiles to a high shine; Courtney rides her own line. There are the obligatory golden-hour shots, but her Insta also has quirky strength-training videos and footage of total yard sales—like her endoing on a training ride this spring.2019 December 9, “The 2019 Outsiders of the Year”, in Outside
  3. (broadly) A notable fall during a sports activity, such as trail running.

Questions about yard sales

What is yard sales the plural of?
Yard sales is the plural of yard sale.

Words near yard sales in the dictionary

  1. yard pilot
  2. yard pilots
  3. yard rope
  4. yard ropes
  5. yard sale
  6. yard sales
  7. yard slug
  8. yard slugs
  9. yard trash day
  10. yard trash days
  11. yard up

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