yippee

yippee
interjection Date: 1914 — used to express exuberant delight or triumph

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • yippee — interjection of pleasure, etc., 1920 …   Etymology dictionary

  • yippee — ► EXCLAMATION ▪ expressing wild excitement or delight …   English terms dictionary

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  • yippee — /yip ee, yip ee /, interj. (an exclamation used to express joy, exultation, or the like.) [1910 15, Amer.; expressive word of uncert. orig.; Compare ee in WHOOPEE] * * * …   Universalium

  • Yippee — exclamation used to express joy, pleasure, etc …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • yippee — Australian Slang exclamation used to express joy, pleasure, etc …   English dialects glossary

  • yippee — yip|pee [jıˈpi: US ˈjıpi] interjection [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: From the sound made by an excited person] used when you are very pleased or excited about something = ↑hurray …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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