Yay!とは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

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

別の表記

• yea

間投詞

yay

1. (colloquial) An expression of happiness.

   Yay! I have finally finished my work!

2. Misspelling of yea.

同意語

• (an expression of happiness): hooray

派生語

派生した語

• → Icelandic: jei
• → Japanese: イェイ (yei), イェーイ (yēi)
• → Ukrainian: єй (jej)

副詞

yay (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of yea.

   The tree was yay big.

   • 2018 October 30, CGP Grey, 5:29 from the start, in Who Owns The Statue of Liberty?‎, archived from the original on 16 July 2024:

     See, in the 1800s, the island was yay big, but by the 1990s, it was yay big.

参考

• nay

語源 2

Clipping of yayo, from Spanish llello.

別の表記

• yayo, yay-yo, yeyo

名詞

yay (uncountable)

1. (US, slang) Cocaine (powder or crack).
   • 2006 December, “They Shootin'”, in Vibe:

     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, published 2009, →ISBN, 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, Azealia Banks, “Liquorice”, in 1991:

     I don't do yay, but if you want to, fine

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:cocaine.

アナグラム

• ayy