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Zoinks vs Yoinks - What's the difference?

zoinks | yoinks |

As an interjection zoinks

is expressing surprise, fear, etc.

As a verb yoinks is

third-person singular of yoink.

zoinks

English

Interjection

  • Expressing surprise, fear, etc.

    • Synonyms

    * jeepers * jinkies * yikes

    yoinks

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (yoink)

    • yoink

    English

    Etymology 1

    1954. Onomatopoeic.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (onomatopoeia) To make a yoink sound.
  • (colloquial) To hop or bounce.

    • Etymology 2

    Coined by writer George Meyer for the TV show

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (colloquial) Onomatopoeic, accompanying or describing a yank, or snatch.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (colloquial) To yank or snatch.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "yoink") English terms derived from The Simpsons