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yas | yay |

As an interjection yas

is .

As a pronoun yas

is .

As a noun yay is

a branch of the thai language.

yas

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1862, author=Various, title=The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage='Oh! yas , I smokes; but I durned sight d'ruther chaw.' }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1904, author=O. Henry, title=Cabbages and Kings, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="Yas', ' yas !" they cried, with broader grins and many nods. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=Horace Annesley Vachell, title=Bunch Grass, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=It's nice, yas , and it's paid for. }}

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    yay

    English

    Alternative forms

    * yea

    Etymology 1

    Alteration of . More at (l).

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (colloquial) (yes).
  • (colloquial)
    • Yay! I have finally finished my work!
    Synonyms
    * (an expression of happiness) hooray
    Derived terms
    * yayness

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (chiefly, US) so, this (accompanied by a hand gesture)
    • The pony was yay high.

    Alternative forms

    * yea

    See also

    * nay

    Etymology 2

    : From the sound it represents, by analogy with the other palatal letters chay'' and ''jay .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of the letter for the y sound in Pitman shorthand.
    • Related terms
    * wye, the name of the Latin letter for this sound

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) llello.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (US, slang) Cocaine.
  • * 2006 , " They Shootin'", Vibe , December 2006:
    • 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.
  • * 2009 , Tyrone Pierson, Murder in the Moonlight , AuthorHouse (2009), ISBN 9781438965154, page 339:
    • I'm in charge of a whole city block, and I always wear gloves when I touch the yay , cuz traces of cocaine show up on my u. a., when I touch it with my bare hands.
  • * 2012 , :
    • I don't do yay , but if you want to, fine
    Synonyms
    * See also . English palindromes ----