"yep" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /jɛp/, [jɛp̚], [jɛʔ] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yep.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-yep.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɛp Etymology: Representing yeah pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Compare yup, nope, welp, and ope. Compare also German jap (“yep”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|yeah}} yeah, {{l|en|mouth snapped closed}} mouth snapped closed, {{m|en|yup}} yup, {{m|en|nope}} nope, {{m|en|welp}} welp, {{m|en|ope}} ope, {{cog|de|jap|t=yep}} German jap (“yep”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} yep (not comparable)
  1. (informal) Yes. Tags: informal, not-comparable Synonyms: yes
    Sense id: en-yep-en-adv-X5oreVYV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50

Noun

IPA: /jɛp/, [jɛp̚], [jɛʔ] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yep.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-yep.wav [US] Forms: yeps [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛp Etymology: Representing yeah pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Compare yup, nope, welp, and ope. Compare also German jap (“yep”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|yeah}} yeah, {{l|en|mouth snapped closed}} mouth snapped closed, {{m|en|yup}} yup, {{m|en|nope}} nope, {{m|en|welp}} welp, {{m|en|ope}} ope, {{cog|de|jap|t=yep}} German jap (“yep”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} yep (plural yeps)
  1. (informal) Yes. Tags: informal Translations (informal "yes"): أَيْوَة (ʔaywa) [Arabic-Indic] (Arabic), إِيَّة (ʔiyya) [Arabic, Western] (Arabic), آ (ʔā) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), sip (Catalan), 是啊 (shì a) (Chinese Mandarin), 對啊 (Chinese Mandarin), 对啊 (duì a) (Chinese Mandarin), (à) (Chinese Mandarin), (ǹg) (Chinese Mandarin), jo (Czech), jep (Danish), joo (Finnish), juu (Finnish), ouaip [France] (French), mouais (French), moui (French), voui ouin [Quebec] (French), jo (German), ja (Hungarian), già (Italian), うん (un) (Japanese), そう () (Japanese), ええ (ē) (Japanese), ああ (ā) (Japanese), (eung) (Korean), (eo) (Korean), 넵 (nep) (Korean), etiam (Latin), ijwa (Maltese), ijja (Maltese), eħe (Maltese), jepp (Norwegian Bokmål), jepp (Norwegian Nynorsk), آره (âre) (Persian), no (Polish), ta (Polish), aham (Portuguese), mda (Romanian), ага́ (agá, ahá) (Russian), угу́ (ugú, uhú) (Russian), так (tak) (Russian), ну (nu) (Russian), sip (Spanish), jäpp (Swedish), jepp (Swedish), japp (Swedish), (Vietnamese), (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-yep-en-noun-X5oreVYV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50

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          "roman": "ʔaywa",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔā",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "آ"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "sip"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shì a",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "是啊"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "對啊"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "duì a",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "对啊"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "à",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "啊"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ǹg",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "嗯"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "jo"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "jep"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "joo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "juu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "tags": [
            "France"
          ],
          "word": "ouaip"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "mouais"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "moui"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "tags": [
            "Quebec"
          ],
          "word": "voui ouin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "jo"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "ja"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "già"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "un",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "うん"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sō",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "そう"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ē",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "ええ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ā",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "ああ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eung",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "응"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eo",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "어"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "nep",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "넵"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "etiam"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "ijwa"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "ijja"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "eħe"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "jepp"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "jepp"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âre",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "آره"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "no"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "ta"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "aham"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "mda"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "agá, ahá",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "ага́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ugú, uhú",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "угу́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tak",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "так"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nu",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "ну"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "sip"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "jäpp"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "jepp"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "japp"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "ừ"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
          "word": "ờ"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "Yes."
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        "(informal) Yes."
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    {
      "ipa": "[jɛʔ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛp"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yep.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yep.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yep.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yep.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yep.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-yep.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-yep.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-yep.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-yep.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-yep.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yep"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English adverbs",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English three-letter words",
    "English uncomparable adverbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛp",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛp/1 syllable"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "jepp",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: jepp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: jepp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "jepp",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: jepp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: jepp"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yeah"
      },
      "expansion": "yeah",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "mouth snapped closed"
      },
      "expansion": "mouth snapped closed",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yup"
      },
      "expansion": "yup",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nope"
      },
      "expansion": "nope",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "welp"
      },
      "expansion": "welp",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ope"
      },
      "expansion": "ope",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "jap",
        "t": "yep"
      },
      "expansion": "German jap (“yep”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Representing yeah pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Compare yup, nope, welp, and ope. Compare also German jap (“yep”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yeps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "yep (plural yeps)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'll take that as a yep, then.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Yes."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Yes."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛp/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jɛp̚]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jɛʔ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛp"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yep.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yep.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yep.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yep.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-yep.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-yep.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-yep.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-yep.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-yep.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-yep.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaywa",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "tags": [
        "Arabic-Indic"
      ],
      "word": "أَيْوَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔiyya",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "Western"
      ],
      "word": "إِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔā",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "آ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "sip"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shì a",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "是啊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "對啊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duì a",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "对啊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "à",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "啊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ǹg",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "嗯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "jo"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "jep"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "joo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "juu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ],
      "word": "ouaip"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "mouais"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "moui"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "tags": [
        "Quebec"
      ],
      "word": "voui ouin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "jo"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "ja"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "già"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "un",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "うん"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sō",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "そう"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ē",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "ええ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ā",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "ああ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eung",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "응"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eo",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "어"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nep",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "넵"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "etiam"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "ijwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "ijja"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "eħe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "jepp"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "jepp"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âre",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "آره"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "no"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "ta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "aham"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "mda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "agá, ahá",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "ага́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ugú, uhú",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "угу́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tak",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "так"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nu",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "ну"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "sip"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "jäpp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "jepp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "japp"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "ừ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "informal \"yes\"",
      "word": "ờ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yep"
}

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