Meanings
yay1
alternative yea
- colloquialAn expression of happiness.
Yay! I have finally finished my work!
- misspellingMisspelling of yea.
alternative yea
- alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of yea.
The tree was yay big.
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See, in the 1800s, the island was yay big, but by the 1990s, it was yay big.
2018 October 30, CGP Grey, 5:29 from the start, in Who Owns The Statue of Liberty?, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2024
yay2
alternative yayo · alternative yay-yo · alternative yeyo
- USslanguncountableCocaine (powder or crack).
I don't do yay, but if you want to, fine
2012, Azealia Banks, “Liquorice”, in 19912 more examples
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.
2006 December, “They Shootin'”, in VibeI'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.
2009, Tyrone Pierson, Murder in the Moonlight, AuthorHouse, published 2009, →ISBN, page 339
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Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people.
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nouna branch of the Tai languages, spoken in South and southwest Guizhou Province, Guizhou-Yunnan plateau, mainly Buyi-Miao and Miao-Dong autonomous prefectures, Zhenning and Guanling counties; Yunnan Province, Luoping county, Sichuan Province, Ningnan and Huidong counties
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
yay · interjection, adverb
Alteration of yea (“yes; even, truly, verily”). More at yea.
Full word history & related roots →yay · noun
- Spanishllello
- Englishyay
Clipping of yayo, from Spanish llello.
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Full word history & related roots →Yay · proper noun
- VietnameseGiáy
- VietnameseGiáy
- EnglishYay
Borrowed from Vietnamese Giáy.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀλαλαί, ἰή
- ἀλαλαί (alalaí)an expression of happiness
- ἰή (iḗ)an expression of happiness
Chinese Mandarin 好哇, 萬歲 /万岁
- 好哇 (hǎowā)an expression of happiness
- 萬歲 /万岁 (wànsuì)an expression of happiness
- 布依語 /布依语 (Bùyīyǔ)A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people
Czech hurá, jupí
- huráan expression of happiness
- jupían expression of happiness
Dutch joepie
- joepiean expression of happiness
Esperanto hura
- huraan expression of happiness
Finnish jippii, jess
- jippiian expression of happiness
- jessan expression of happiness
- hurraaan expression of happiness
French hourra, youpi
- hourraan expression of happiness
- youpian expression of happiness
German juhu, hurra
- juhuan expression of happiness
- hurraan expression of happiness
Hungarian juhé, hurrá
- juhéan expression of happiness
- hurráan expression of happiness
Icelandic jei, vei
- jeian expression of happiness
- veian expression of happiness
Japanese やったー, やった
- やったー (yattā)an expression of happiness
- やった (yatta)an expression of happiness
- 万歳 (banzai)an expression of happiness
- イェイ (yei)an expression of happiness
- イェーイ (yēi)an expression of happiness
Korean 만세
- 만세 (manse)an expression of happiness
Portuguese eba, viva
- ebaan expression of happiness
- vivaan expression of happiness
- obaan expression of happiness
- iúpian expression of happiness
Russian ура́
- ура́ (urá)an expression of happiness
Spanish yupi, órale
- yupian expression of happiness
- óralean expression of happiness
- hurraan expression of happiness
- olean expression of happiness
Swedish jippi, hurra
- jippian expression of happiness
- hurraan expression of happiness
- tjohoan expression of happiness
Thai ภาษาปู้อี
- ภาษาปู้อี (paasăa bpôoee)A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people
Turkish yuppi, yaşasın
- yuppian expression of happiness
- yaşasınan expression of happiness
Ukrainian ура, та
- ура (ura)an expression of happiness
- та (ta)an expression of happiness
- єй (jej)an expression of happiness
Vietnamese hoan hô, vạn tuế
- hoan hôan expression of happiness
- vạn tuếan expression of happiness
- tiếng Bố YA branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people
- tiếng Giáy (Giáy language)A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with yay
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
yay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yay
“yay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yay. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yay,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yay.
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