yay
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 3
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/jeɪ/ · [jeː] · [jeɪ̯]
Definition of yay
5 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included
intj
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(colloquial)An expression of happiness.
“Yay! I have finally finished my work!”
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intj
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(colloquial)An expression of happiness.
“Yay! I have finally finished my work!”
- (alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of yea.
adv
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(alt-of, alternative, not-comparable)Alternative spelling of yea.
“The tree was yay big.”
“See, in the 1800s, the island was yay big, but by the 1990s, it was yay big.”
noun
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(US, slang, uncountable)Cocaine (powder or crack).
“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”
name
- A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Alteration of yea (“yes; even, truly, verily”). More at yea.
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