What does yay mean?

Definitions for yay
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Yaynoun

    a branch of the Tai languages

Wiktionary

  1. Yaynoun

    A branch of the Thai language

  2. Etymology: Alteration of yea. More at yea.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of yay in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of yay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of yay in a Sentence

  1. Richard Soliz thanks:

    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.

  2. Samantha Bee:

    Yay, no more baby internment camps.

  3. Simone Biles:

    I'm pretty pleased because that's how I train beam and it finally felt good to go out there and hit a beam routine... because I feel like every time... I just bomb it, overall, I still feel like I could do better. My goal going into tonight was to not be great, just to do well. I feel like I accomplished that and made it into finals. Yay!

  4. District Attorney Jeff Rosen:

    I want Ms. Houts' family and friends to know that we never gave up on her. Neither time nor distance will stop us from finding out the truth and seeking justice, my first reaction was' yes !' ' Yay !' And then District Attorney Jeff Rosen come down from that, District Attorney Jeff Rosen go,' she's not coming home,'.

  5. Cynthia Ackrill:

    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!

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