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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Example sentences 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!
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 LewisIn the middle of it all was Suneep, who looked like he was barely restraining an urge to shout Yippee!
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom|Cory DoctorowShe leaps with an irrepressible "Yippee" from the boat to the shore.
A Parody Outline of History|Donald Ogden Stewart
British Dictionary definitions for yippee
yippee
/ (jɪˈpiː) /
interjection
an exclamation of joy, pleasure, anticipation, etc
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