# yay

Pronunciation: say "YAY" /jeɪ/

## Interjection

1. A cheerful exclamation used to express happiness, approval, or excitement. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Used to show happiness or excitement, often as a cheerful shout.
   - _Yay, the whole team made it to the finals!_
   - _Yay, summer break starts tomorrow!_

## Noun

3. Cocaine, in either its powder or crack form. *(slang, US)*
   - Simple: A street name for cocaine, an illegal drug people take to get high.
   - _Half the money he made went straight to buying yay._
   - _He swore off yay after his second arrest._

## Adverb

2. Alternative spelling of yea. *(dated)* — Alternative spelling of yea.
   - Simple: Alternative spelling of yea. Use it to show roughly how big or small something is.
   - _He stood only yay tall back in third grade._
   - _The crack in the wall had grown yay wide by spring._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–2** — An alteration of "yea" (meaning "yes; even, truly, verily").
**Meaning 3** — A clipping of "yayo," from Spanish "llello."

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