Yay

/jeɪ/

Synonyms for "yay" (72 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Intj(7 words)

'ave itaah alrightaww yeahboo-ya booyah cowabunga

Interjection(2 words)

banzai bravo

Noun(6 words)

bingo boom bouyei buyi buzz cocaine

Strong matches (21)

Interjection(6 words)

eureka halleluiah hoorahs hooray hurrah hurrays

Noun(8 words)

footballs go goodie hallelujahshigh fivehip hoorays hurrahs

Intj(5 words)

get inhoo hoorah hurrah hurray

Adjective(2 words)

green retrofithappy

Related words (36)

Intj(21 words)

huzzahoh yeahomg resultw00twacko wahoo whee whoowhoop-de-doowhoopeewoo hoowoohoowoop woopyahoo yeah yeehaw yes yippeeyou beauty

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zip-a-dee-doo-dah

Noun(10 words)

industrializing joyprime ministershipsuccess victory whoop whoopees win yip zing

Verb(2 words)

rejoice woo

Interjection(2 words)

uppp yippee

Adjective(1 words)

victorious

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3 entries

Tai exclamation expression

More specific

4 entries

celebratory interjectionclassroom encouragement exclamationinformal praise interjectionpositive exclamation

Collocations

5 entries

celebratory toneclassroom cheerpositive reinforcementstudent celebrationsuccess celebration

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Yay! I'm happy that it's an apple that I'm eating!

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You ate an apple, yay!

Source: tatoeba (1786137)

Yay! We're gonna win!

Source: tatoeba (2093374)

Yay, I went to the store!

Source: tatoeba (2093492)

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