yeet

American  

[yeet] / yit /

interjection

1. (an exclamation of enthusiasm, approval, triumph, pleasure, joy, etc.).

   If we're lucky, all of Wisconsin will be yelling “Yeet!” when the Packers make a second trip to Tampa this year.

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verb (used with object)

1. to hurl or move forcefully.

   Somebody just yeeted a water bottle into the crowd.

   He's an early riser, so his mom never had to yeet him out of bed!

verb (used without object)

1. to move forcefully or quickly.

   My cat yeeted out of there in a big hurry.

Etymology

Origin of yeet

First recorded in 2005–10; exclamation of excitement that spread as the name of a dance in Black social media culture

Example Sentences

In Week 1506 we once again asked for poems using terms newly added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, from “adorkable” to “yeet.”

From Washington Post

Yeet is either “used to express surprise, approval, or excited enthusiasm” or as a verb to mean “to throw especially with force and without regard for the thing being thrown,” according to Merriam-Webster’s definition.

From Seattle Times

Finding out that shrinkflation, adorkable, subvariant and even pumpkin spice are now officially in the dictionary might make you exclaim “Yeet!”

From Seattle Times

Finding out that shrinkflation, adorkable, subvariant and even pumpkin spice are now officially in the dictionary might make you exclaim “Yeet!”

From Seattle Times

Yeet is either “used to express surprise, approval, or excited enthusiasm” or as a verb to mean “to throw especially with force and without regard for the thing being thrown,” according to Merriam-Webster’s definition.

From Seattle Times