"yeah, yeah" meaning in English

See yeah, yeah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} yeah, yeah
  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) A sarcastic expression of disbelief. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic Synonyms: yeah, right
    Sense id: en-yeah,_yeah-en-intj-sy~Aq3s7
  2. (idiomatic, colloquial) A sarcastic expression of impatience. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-yeah,_yeah-en-intj-DH5P6shV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 76 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 87

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