yah
interjection
an exclamation of impatience or derision.
yah
American
[yah, yai]
/ jɑ, jɛə /
interjection
yah
1
British
/ jɛə, jɑː /
interjection
Yah
2
British
/ jɑː /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Yah
C20: from yah , the spoken form of yes supposedly used by upper-class British people
Example Sentences
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Like one time he ate a bag of really strong coffee and he was like, yah!
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2020
I owe yah one...or like two albums turns out.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2020
Yes, “Fargo” is finally back and that’s a reason to rejoice, don’t yah know?
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2017
“We were pretending to cut hair but YouTube critics said, yah, fake, so thanks to the naysayers we had to ramp it up and bring more reality to it,” he recalls.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2015
“Did yah cry ’cause you lost your sprinkies, Spanky Baby?”
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
When he was secretary of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation in 2014, the “Use Yah Blinkah” highway message got a lot of positive attention from Boston drivers and the local news media, he said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
According to UNESCO, the ceremony and related practices are rooted in folk customs of worshipping Ong Yah, a deity believed to protect people and their lands from disasters.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Yah, I’ll hold on to your phone for now. . . .
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 19, 2015
“That’s what everybody thinks,” added Aaron Yah, the father of four children with Jallah.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2014
Mothers had called in their children from the group games, and fading sounds of “Yah . . . Yah . . . you didn’t catch me” still hung and floated into the Store.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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