Yay

Pronunciation

• enPR: yā, IPA: /jeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ
• Homophones: yea

Alternative forms

• yea

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

Full definition of yay

Interjection

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of yea (yes).
2. (colloquial) An expression of happiness.Yay! I have finally finished my work!

Synonyms

• (an expression of happiness) hooray

Derived terms

• yayness

Adverb

1. (chiefly US) so, this (accompanied by a hand gesture)The pony was yay high.

Alternative forms

• yea

Pronunciation

From the sound it represents, by analogy with the other palatal letters chay and jay.

Noun

1. The name of the letter for the y sound in Pitman shorthand.

Related terms

• wye, the name of the Latin letter for this sound

From Spanish llello.

Noun

1. (US, slang) Cocaine.
• 2006, "They Shootin'", Vibe, December 2006: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.
• 2009, Tyrone Pierson, Murder in the Moonlight, AuthorHouse (2009), ISBN 9781438965154, page 339: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.
• 2012, Azealia Banks, "", :I don't do yay, but if you want to, fine

Synonyms

• See also .