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Yay

//jeɪ// adv, intj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of yea. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "The tree was yay big."

Intj
  1. 1
    An expression of happiness. colloquial

    "Yay! I have finally finished my work!"

  2. 2
    Misspelling of yea. alt-of, misspelling
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A branch of the Tai language family, spoken by the Bouyei and Giáy people.
Noun
  1. 1
    Cocaine (powder or crack). US, slang, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    a branch of the Tai languages, spoken in South and southwest Guizhou Province, Guizhou-Yunnan plateau, mainly Buyi-Miao and Miao-Dong autonomous prefectures, Zhenning and Guanling counties; Yunnan Province, Luoping county, Sichuan Province, Ningnan and Huidong counties wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

Clipping of yayo, from Spanish llello.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Vietnamese Giáy.

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