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yippee

[yip-ee, yip-ee]
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interjection
  1. (an exclamation used to express joy, exultation, or the like.)
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Origin of yippee

1910–15, Americanism; expressive word of uncertain origin; compare -ee in whoopee
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Related Words for yippee

cheer, yell, encouragement, whoopee, yay, hurray, huzza, rah-rah, yippee

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Contemporary Examples of yippee

Historical Examples of yippee

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

    A Parody Outline of History

    Donald Ogden Stewart

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

    Main Street

    Sinclair Lewis

British Dictionary definitions for yippee

yippee

interjection
  1. an exclamation of joy, pleasure, anticipation, etc
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Word Origin and History for yippee

interjection of pleasure, etc., 1920.

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