yippee

[ yip-ee, yip-ee ]

/ ˈyɪp i, ˈyɪpˈi /

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interjection

(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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Examples from the Web for yippee

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!
Patz Confession: Hold Your Horses|Michael Tomasky|May 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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

/ (jɪˈpiː) /

interjection

an exclamation of joy, pleasure, anticipation, etc

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