yoinks
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A long but unspecified period of time; yonks
Example Sentences
- ""That was on in Glasgow yoinks ago," sneered Bobby."
- "The British Post Office have used the metric system for yoinks."
- "Diana did try to talk with him quietly and so did each of his parents, for yoinks and yoinks."
- "Yoinks. I braced myself for the worst, my brain already screaming for coffee. "We've had a discussion, and we thought we should tell you something.” Cancer? Bankruptcy? Double yoinks. "What's wrong?”"
- "“Yoinks, the first mystery I've ever actually wanted to solve and this is the one you guys pick not to wrap up within a half hour."
- "She crossed her eyes and stuck out her tongue, holding an imaginary noose above her neck. “Yoinks,” I said. “Yoinks indeed, but what did she expect?"