yippee
Americaninterjection
interjection
Etymology
Origin of yippee
1910–15, expressive word of uncertain origin; compare -ee in whoopee
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
While the Stones did it as a studly kiss-off, the tone here is pure yippee, wailing guitars and a big old shrug.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2020
A: I didn’t say yippee to all old people dying—and please, let’s leave Hitler out of it.
From Slate • Aug. 5, 2015
When people think we are sitting here rubbing our hands together and saying yippee, we are not.
From The Guardian • Jan. 1, 2013
It's not like sitting in a bathtub, going yippee and jumping out.
From Time Magazine Archive
He didn’t jump and yippee like he did after the first sentence.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
