yippee ki-yay

yippee ki-yay

English

Etymology

Associated with the 19th-century Western United States; possibly influenced by a line, yippee yi yo kayah, from a 1930s song.[1]

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /jɪˈpiːkaɪeɪ/

Interjection

yippee ki-yay

1. An expression of joy.
2. An exclamation used to startle or frighten an opponent.

References

1. Angela Tung (18 July 2013), “A brief history of yippee-ki-yay”, in Wordnik‎