yay

InterjektionAdverbSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen

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An expression of happiness.

Interjektion

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An expression of happiness.
Yay! I have finally finished my work!
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Variante von yeaMisspelling of yea.

Herkunft

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

Adverb

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Variante von yeaAlternative 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.

Substantiv

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SlangCocaine (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

Herkunft

Clipping of yayo, from Spanish llello.

yawn · To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath,…Yawn · A surname.yawning · The action of the verb yawn.

yay · An expression of happiness.

Yay · A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and…ye · You (the people being addressed).Ye · A surname from Chinese.

Die Nachbarseiten — Die alphabetische Reihenfolge folgt den Regeln der Sprache, nicht den Bytewerten: Ein Akzent entscheidet nur zwischen zwei sonst gleichen Wörtern, und das Spanische führt Ñ als eigenen Buchstaben.