yah

[ yah, yai ]

/ yɑ, yɛə /

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interjection

an exclamation of impatience or derision.

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How to use yah in a sentence

Beyond the yah-boo of suit and countersuit, both cases could prove embarrassing for the United States.
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On the other hand, it is annoying—after having predicted everything accurately—to hear “Ha ha yah boo!”
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What is best for both sides is not a kum-bah-yah common-ground fest, but a better conflict.
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I want to interdoodle my most bosom friend, Mr. Clinton Thayer, of Vay-gin-yah, sah!
Left Tackle Thayer|Ralph Henry Barbour

Mary, yah-kwa Boston man tik-eh moo-sum me-si-ka house po-lak-le.
Cruisings in the Cascades|George O. Shields
Delilah and Simon Peter yah-yahed and ki-yied over both of them.
Throckmorton|Molly Elliot Seawell
Yah!She climb upon der shteeple,Und she frighten all der people, Singin' michnai—ghignai—shtingal!
Empire Builders|Francis Lynde
A day or two after the fire Yeeshing entered Mr. Cushing's office, exclaiming,'Hae-yah!
The 'Fan Kwae' at Canton Before Treaty Days 1825-1844|William C. Hunter

British Dictionary definitions for yah (1 of 2)

yah

/ (jɑː, jɛə) /

sentence substitute

an informal word for yes, often used to indicate derision or contempt

interjection

an exclamation of derision or disgust

British Dictionary definitions for yah (2 of 2)

Yah

/ (jɑː) /

noun

British informal an affected upper-class person

Word Origin for Yah

C20: from yah, the spoken form of yes supposedly used by upper-class British people

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