hi-yah
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haɪˈjɑː/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Interjection
hi-yah
- (often humorous) Accompanying an attacking move in (parodies of) Eastern martial arts such as karate.
- 2017, Jerry Mahoney, My Rotten Stepbrother Ruined Snow White (page 101)
- She leaped down beside him and took a karate stance. “Hi-yah!” she shouted. She kicked as high as she could, first with one foot, then with the other.
- 2020, K. Anthony Wilson, Better Together
- I double over and hear a karate ninja sound. “Hi Yah!” A sharp chop to my neck brings me down to the floor. What just happened?
- 2017, Jerry Mahoney, My Rotten Stepbrother Ruined Snow White (page 101)
See also
- kiai