"yippee ki-yay" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [English]

IPA: /jɪˈpiːkaɪeɪ/ [US]
Etymology: Associated with the 19th-century Western United States; possibly influenced by a line, yippee yi yo kayah, from a 1930s song. Head templates: {{en-interj|head=yippee ki-yay}} yippee ki-yay
  1. An expression of joy.
    Sense id: en-yippee_ki-yay-en-intj-sSAfS8~N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
  2. An exclamation used to startle or frighten an opponent.
    Sense id: en-yippee_ki-yay-en-intj-GmsUSOb3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yippy-kai-yay

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2022 October 24, Kothardarastrix, “A Nightmare on 17th Street”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 2024-01-16",
          "text": "\"YIPPY-KAI-YAY, MOTHERFUCKER!\" Porkchop bellowed, firing off a dozen rounds in the Old Man's general direction. Some actually struck the monster, evinced by the sprays of black mucus that shot out behind it, but it didn't seem to notice as it strode menacingly in Porkchop's direction. His aim grew more erratic as the monster approached, with some bullets flying wild into the wood pile or kicking up plumes of dirt far behind his target.",
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          "text": "If you wanted to tell it more from an American side of things... if you wanted to go for the tragic angle, you could either do, Atlanta or Juneau; if you wanted to go with the, uhhh, y'know, yippee ki-yay, guns-firing-all-left-right-and-center, you would go with Helena; or, if you wanted to go with a kind of human-struggle side of things, probably focus on San Francisco; and, if you were going with the Helena option, then, obviously, you could include ships like Laffey and so on and so forth.",
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