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 hope it makes it yah dance your pants off!
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
“A couple minutes later I seen the neighbor at the corner and he’s like, I think a plane just went down, and I said yah, I think the same thing.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 29, 2015
“What’da yah say, Tony, you goin’ be her priest!”
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
It is only organized when mediums at the Yong Chuan Tian Temple in Malacca receive a command from the Ong Yah deities.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Yah, I’ll hold on to your phone for now. . . .
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 19, 2015
Ms. Jallah has also had to care for her children, ages 2 to 11, who have been kept out of school, and she and Mr. Yah are still unwelcome at their jobs as nursing assistants.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2014
“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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