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yogi

[ yoh-gee ]

/ ˈyoʊ gi /

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noun, plural yo·gis [yoh-geez] /ˈyoʊ giz/.

a person who practices yoga.

Also yo·gin

[yoh-gin] /ˈyoʊ gɪn/.

Origin of yogi

1610–20; < Sanskrit yogī, nominative singular of yogin, derivative of yoga yoga

Words nearby yogi

yodel, yodle, yoga, yoga pants, yogh, yogi, yogini, yogurt, yogyakarta, yohimbe, yohimbine

Definition for yogi (2 of 2)

Berra

[ ber-uh ]

/ ˈbɛr ə /

noun

Lawrence PeterYogi,born 1925, U.S. baseball player and manager.

Example sentences from the Web for yogi

Either this is clever viral marketing for a new Yogi Bear movie or Earth is destined to become the Planet of the Bears.

Bear Walks Upright, ‘Apparently Kid,’ and More Viral Videos |The Daily Beast Video |August 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And Yogi, you will recall, won 10 World Series with the Yankees.

Redskins Rule Election Predictor: Obama’s Going to Lose the Election |Michael Solomon |November 5, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
And anyway, to paraphrase Yogi Berra, 60 percent of this is 90 percent emotional anyway.

What "The Presidency" Really Means |Michael Tomasky |June 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
No sooner had America struck into Iraq than it was déjà vu all over again, as Yogi Berra would have put it.

The Ways of American Memory |Fouad Ajami |September 12, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

"I've been a yogi for some years…I've been on my guru trip," she joked.

Donna Karan's Zen Approach to Cancer |Liz Kulze |June 15, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The Tibetan yogi, I was assured, had attained the age of over a thousand years.

Autobiography of a YOGI |Paramhansa Yogananda
In about four hours I opened my meditative eyes and saw that the moonlit figure of the yogi was still motionless.

Autobiography of a YOGI |Paramhansa Yogananda
The yogi bowed to Goldberger with grave courtesy, and, at a word from the attendant policeman, sat down in the witness-chair.

The Gloved Hand |Burton E. Stevenson
The yogi's remark was incomprehensible to me; I inquired his meaning.

Autobiography of a YOGI |Paramhansa Yogananda
Greater he was, as man and yogi, than any other teacher whose life came within the range of my investigations.

Autobiography of a YOGI |Paramhansa Yogananda

British Dictionary definitions for yogi

yogi

/ (ˈjəʊɡɪ) /

noun plural -gis or -gin (-ɡɪn)

a person who is a master of yoga

Derived forms of yogi

yogini (jəʊˈɡiːniː), fem n