nyah
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9.9
A playful sound shouted to tease someone
- interjection
- /nɪɑ/
- Informal
:
na-na-na
- Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah.
- say, "nyah"
- nyah, ha
Examples
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Nyah, nyah, nyah!
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♪ ♪ Nyah, nyah, nyah, the Phantom strikes again ♪
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Nyah, I'm moving... to West Philadelphia.
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You may as well have added "Nyah-nyah-nyah."
Blog text (19) -
Looks like, "Nyah, nyah, fooled you!" And now it's fading away.
Fiction book (1999) -
They are simply being told, "You're alive! Nyah! Nyah!"
Blog text (21) -
Nyah, nyah.
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Nyah nyah nyah!
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NYAH NYAH!
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After winning the game, she couldn't help but shout, "nyah, nyah, I beat you!"
Synonyms
9.9
A short sing-song sound children make to tease someone
is used to express mild defiance rather than sounding childlike
Idioms
Surface Forms
nyah main
Etymology
Nyah is an imitative children's sound that comes from the long tradition of kids making playful noises like nyah-nyah or neener-neener when they stick out their tongue. So, when someone says nyah they are giving a quick, joking 'tease' or light defiance.