yay
intj/jeɪ/
Etymology
Alteration of yea (“yes; even, truly, verily”). More at yea.
- derived from llello
Definitions
An expression of happiness.
- Yay! I have finally finished my work!
Misspelling of yea.
Alternative spelling of yea.
- The tree was yay big.
- See, in the 1800s, the island was yay big, but by the 1990s, it was yay big.
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Cocaine (powder or crack).
- In Billy Corben's engrossing new documentary, Cocaine Cowboys (Magnolia Pictures), self-described "assassin" Jorge "Rivi" Ayala (among others) give up the goods on Miami's explosive early '80s yay trade.
- I'm in charge of a whole city block, and I always wear gloves when I touch the yay, cuz traces of cocaine show up on my u. a., when I touch it with my bare hands.
- I don't do yay, but if you want to, fine
A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people.
The neighborhood
- synonymaah
- synonymalright
- synonym'ave it
- synonymaww yeah
- synonymboo-ya
- synonymbooyah
- synonymcowabunga
- synonymget in
- synonymhoo
- synonymhoorah
- synonymhooray
- synonymhurrah
- antonymdammit
- antonymwoe is me
- neighborhappy
- neighborlaughter
- neighborsmile
- neighborwow
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for yay. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA