Etymology

yoink

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Today it means: To make an oinking sound. Full definition →

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yoink · verb, noun, interjection1

1954. Onomatopoeic.

yoink · interjection, verb2

Coined by writer George Meyer for the TV show The Simpsons; perhaps from yank, or imitative of the sound effect (a quick upward slide on a violin) that accompanies something being snatched in classic comedies.

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