How do you pronounce yay?

The recorded pronunciation is /jeɪ/.

yay

/jeɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: yay
IPA: /jeɪ/

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Meaning

intj

An expression of happiness.

Colloquial

intj

Misspelling of yea.

adv

Alternative spelling of yea.

noun

Cocaine (powder or crack).

American usage; Slang; Uncountable

name

A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people.

Example Sentences

"Yay! I have finally finished my work!"
"The tree was yay big."
"See, in the 1800s, the island was yay big, but by the 1990s, it was yay big."
"In Billy Corben's engrossing new documentary, Cocaine Cowboys (Magnolia Pictures), self-described "assassin" Jorge "Rivi" Ayala (among others) give up the goods on Miami's explosive early '80s yay trade."
"I'm in charge of a whole city block, and I always wear gloves when I touch the yay, cuz traces of cocaine show up on my u. a., when I touch it with my bare hands."
"I don't do yay, but if you want to, fine"

Etymology

Alteration of yea (“yes; even, truly, verily”). More at yea.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: llello

Usage

Inflected Forms

yea (alternative) yayo (alternative) yay-yo (alternative) yeyo (alternative)

Derived Forms

yayness

Phrases

yay-boo yippee ki-yay Wiktionary’s coverage of Bouyei terms

Frequently Paired Words

happy laughter smile nay Wiktionary’s coverage of Bouyei terms

Synonyms

aah alright 'ave it aww yeah boo-ya booyah cowabunga get in hoo hoorah hooray hurrah

Homonyms

yea Ye

Antonyms

dammit woe is me

Rhymes With

they way may day say one-way away play today pay stay re

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