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yardsale

yardsale is the alternative spelling 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.

Forms of yardsale

pluralyardsales

Origin of yardsale

From yard + sale.

Questions about yardsale

What is yardsale the alternative spelling of?
Yardsale is the alternative spelling of yard sale.

Words near yardsale in the dictionary

  1. yards
  2. yards of ale
  3. yards of clay
  4. yards of land
  5. yards of satin
  6. yardsale
  7. yardsales
  8. yardsman
  9. yardsmen
  10. yardsnap
  11. yardsnaps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yardsale (page history and authors); yard sale (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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