yowzah

adv
/ˈjaʊ.zə/UK

Definitions

  1. Pronunciation spelling of yes, sir.

    • Rumba and tango / Latin hustle too / Yowsah, yowsah, yowsah / I wanna boogie wit'choo
    • "Hey-y-y, Getane!" Someone yelling for me at the main dome. It was Mesquite. "Yowzah!" "You comin to the meetin, or what?" "I'se comin Massa Mesquite, jus ez fas ez Ah kin!"
    • Then he mimicked an American accent. “Step right up folks, yowzah, yowzah, right this way to see the geek and his bearded bride. […]"
  2. Wow

    Wow: an indication of surprise, excitement, or amazement.

    • Smart, snappy, swagger - packed with plenty of pepper for the youth that "knows all the answers." HOT! Yowzah! Just slip into a pair of these slacks and put yourself into circulation.
    • A tall young man with big blue eyes walked by in a tank top undershirt. He was in great shape. “Yowzah!” Spike said, watching him pass.
    • "Yowzah," said Rick into the phone, his eyebrows shooting nearly up to his hairline. "The whole enchilada?"

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for yowzah. 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