Meaning
1 sensesUsed to express excitement or joy.
ура́urá
Examples
3 sentencesShe leaps with an irrepressible "Yippee" from the boat to the shore.
Yippee, I won!
"Yippee! We're going on an adventure!" shouted little Timothy.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
used to express excitement or joy:
Origin
Of imitative origin. Perhaps an extension and modification of hip (interjection). CompareOf imitative origin. Perhaps an extension and modification of hip (interjection). Compare Dutch joepie (“yippee”).
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