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
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