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yeah

particle
/jɛ(ə)/

Etymology

Colloquial form of yea or yes. Compare nah. Analyzable as yes + -h.

  1. inherited from ġīese — “by all means, of course, yes”
  2. inherited from yes
  3. suffixed as yeah — “yes + h”

Definitions

  1. Yes.

    • —You wanna get pizza for dinner? —Yeah, all right.

  2. Used to express acknowledgment of what was previously said.

    • —You wanna get pizza for dinner? —Yeah, I think I'm gonna have leftovers instead.

  3. Used to ascertain the continued attention of the listener.

    • I was walking down the road, yeah, and you know what I saw, yeah? A dog wearing a dress!
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Expressing joy, celebration, glee, etc.

      • Yeah! We did it!

    2. Pronunciation spelling of year.

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Derived

aww yeah, fuck yeah, heck yeah, hells yeah, hell yeah, I will yeah, oh yeah, shit yeah, yeah-huh, yeah-nah, yeah, no, yee

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for yeah. 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