What does yay mean?
Definitions for yay
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Princeton's WordNet
Yaynoun
a branch of the Tai languages
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Yaynoun
A branch of the Thai language
Etymology: Alteration of yea. More at yea.
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yay
Yay is an exclamation of triumph, approval, or encouragement, often used to express joy, enthusiasm, or excitement about something. It's typically used in informal speech or writing.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of yay in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of yay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of yay in a Sentence
All the power to them. I say yay.
It was just not knowing, and what I did know was confusing and contradictory, so when a person is not totally convinced of something and doesn't have the proper information to determine a yay or nay, perhaps they'll do what I did and do nothing.
Yay, no more baby internment camps.
We know that bringing your attention to any form of breath work starts the process of awareness that feeds mindfulness and its benefits, as long as we are all experimenting with mind-body connections with open minds and finding something that calms us, yay!
Frankly, I find it disingenuous, i think there are going to be people who are going to vote for this thinking, ‘ Yay, we’re going to abolish the police' and that's not what's happening.
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- يايArabic
- huráCzech
- yayDanish
- juhu, hurraGerman
- YayGreek
- boneEsperanto
- yupi, órale, hurraSpanish
- بلهPersian
- jippii, jess, hurraaFinnish
- Yay, hourra, youpiFrench
- yayIrish
- वाहHindi
- juhéHungarian
- այոArmenian
- yayIndonesian
- vei, jeiIcelandic
- SììItalian
- ישHebrew
- わーい, やった, 万歳, やったー, イェーイJapanese
- ವಾಹ್Kannada
- 萬歲, 만세Korean
- EugeLatin
- joepieDutch
- JippiNorwegian
- takPolish
- yay, iúpi, eba, viva, obaPortuguese
- uraRomanian
- ураRussian
- tjoho, hurra, jippiSwedish
- เย้Thai
- yayTurkish
- агаUkrainian
- ہاںUrdu
- vạn tuế, 萬歲, hoan hôVietnamese
- א מחיהYiddish
- 好极了Chinese
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