noun🔗ShareYamboA metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.""The student explained that an iamb is a two-syllable unit in poetry, like the sound of the word 're-PEAT'." "El estudiante explicó que un yambo es una unidad de dos sílabas en poesía, como el sonido de la palabra 're-PEAT'.literaturelanguagelinguisticswritingartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading