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View synonyms for yippee

yippee

[ yip-ee, yip-ee ]

interjection

  1. (an exclamation used to express joy, exultation, or the like.)


yippee

/ jɪˈpiː /

interjection

  1. an exclamation of joy, pleasure, anticipation, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of yippee1

1910–15, Americanism; expressive word of uncertain origin; compare -ee in whoopee
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Example Sentences

Jim Dwyer, for many years one of New York City's finest journalists, isn't ready just yet to hop on the Yippee, We Got Him!

She galloped down a block and as she jumped from a curb across a welter of slush, she gave a student "Yippee!"

In the middle of it all was Suneep, who looked like he was barely restraining an urge to shout Yippee!

She leaps with an irrepressible "Yippee" from the boat to the shore.

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