yippee

[yip-ee, yip-ee]

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interjection

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

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

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Contemporary Examples of 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!
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Michael Tomasky
May 25, 2012

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

an exclamation of joy, pleasure, anticipation, etc

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Word Origin and History for yippee

interjection of pleasure, etc., 1920.