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yippie

yippie

2 8.7
A short shout people make to show excitement or happiness
  • interjection
  • /ˈjɪpi/
  • Informal
translation icon : ¡yupi!
  • yippie yay
  • yippie yo
  • wow, yippie

Synonyms

wow
vsyippie
  • Informal
∞ 1.0

A short word people say to show surprise or admiration

is more narrowly joyful and delighted rather than admiring surprise
whoo
vsyippie
  • Informal
707 9.2

A loud shout people make to show excitement or surprise

is more focused on playful delight than neutral surprise
hoo
vsyippie
  • Informal
359 9.9

A shout people make to show excitement or surprise

is more explicitly joyful and delighted rather than neutral surprise
yay
vsyippie
  • Informal
185 6.0

A short shout people make to show happiness or excitement

is equally informal but slightly more playful and delighted in tone
hooray
vsyippie
  • Informal
43 1.4

A short shout to show excitement or happiness

is used similarly but feels more personal and playful
ooo
vsyippie
  • Informal
36 9.4

A short sound people say to show surprise or admiration

is more direct joy rather than mostly surprise or admiration
yee
vsyippie
  • Informal
36 9.9

A short shout people make to show excitement or approval

is more about simple delighted exclamation than agreement
oooh
vsyippie
  • Informal
31 8.7

A quiet sound people make when they are surprised or impressed

is more compact and cheerfully delighted rather than prolonged
ooooh
vsyippie
  • Informal
16 8.3

A short sound people say to show surprise or excitement

is shorter and more purely joyful than a sudden realization
waah
vsyippie
  • Informal
15 9.9

A short shout showing surprise or admiration

is more clearly joyful and delighted instead of amazed
wah
vsyippie
  • Informal
14 9.9

A short cry showing surprise or excitement

is more about happy delight than neutral surprise
woohoo
vsyippie
  • Informal
5 7.4

A loud shout people make to show excitement or joy

is similar but tends to sound slightly more playful and childlike
heigh
vsyippie
  • Archaic
5 9.9

A shout that shows joy or encourages others

is everyday playful and not old-fashioned or formal
hurray
vsyippie
5 2.6

A shout people make when they are happy or excited

is more playful and informal rather than plain cheering
whooo
vsyippie
  • Informal
5 9.4

A shout of strong excitement or joy

is more childlike and playful rather than general excitement
hoorah
vsyippie
  • Informal
3 7.9

A short shout people say to show joy or approval

is more private and lighthearted rather than communal or formal
whee
vsyippie
  • Informal
3 9.8

A short sound people make to show fake excitement about something boring

is similar but more straightforwardly joyful without irony
huzzah
vsyippie
  • Archaic
3 9.9

A loud old-fashioned word people shout to show joy or approval

is modern and more playfully informal rather than antique
oooo
vsyippie
  • Informal
3 9.9

A short sound people make to show surprise or admiration

is more focused on clear playful delight than drawn surprise
super-duper
vsyippie
  • Informal
1 8.4

A shout that shows strong excitement and approval

is more modest and cheerfully excited rather than exaggerated
woop
vsyippie
  • Informal
1 8.9

A short shout that shows joy or excitement

is broader, used for playful delight as well as triumph
wooo
vsyippie
  • Informal
1 8.2

A loud shout people make to show excitement

is similar but usually shorter and more playful in feeling
woot
vsyippie
  • Slang
1 9.9

A short shout of joy used online

is used the same way but in spoken casual excited moments
yahoo
vsyippie
  • Informal
7.8

A loud shout of joy people make when they feel excited

is more casually playful and less forceful in energy
wahoo
vsyippie
  • Informal
9.3

A loud shout to show joy or excitement

is gentler and more playful than this triumphant shout
whoot
vsyippie
  • Slang
9.9

A short excited word typed online to show joy

is also informal but leans more toward playful delight
squee
vsyippie
  • Slang
9.9

A short excited sound people make to show sudden delight

is less squealing and more plain joyful in tone
happy, happy, joy, joy
vsyippie
  • Informal
8.3

People say it to show great happiness or excitement, often as a joke

is more neutral playful joy rather than deliberately ironic
frabjous
vsyippie
  • Archaic
9.9

A shout used to show great joy or surprise

is similar but more plain and commonly casual
hotcha
vsyippie
  • Archaic
9.9

A shout used to show excitement or approval

is more current and used in casual modern speech
zowie
vsyippie
  • Archaic
9.9

A short shout people use to show surprise or excitement, often in a playful way

is more contemporary and casual rather than quaintly playful
epa
vsyippie
  • Informal
9.9

A short word people say to show surprise, admiration, or excitement

is more purely joyful and less like a surprised admiring reaction

How Excited

woohoo
  • Informal
5 7.4
hooray
  • Informal
43 1.4
yippie
  • Informal
2 8.7
yay
  • Informal
185 6.0
oh
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

yippie main

Etymology

Yippie comes from cheerful shouts like yip or yippee, which copy a quick joyful sound like a small dog's bark. That's why people say yippie to mean 'I am excited'.