yeets

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular present of yeet.

   The goalkeeper yeets the ball downfield the moment he catches it.

   My roommate yeets her keys onto the table whenever she walks in.

   Note

   An ordinary -s ending on a slang verb, where the object changes the meaning. With an object, it means to hurl: she yeets the ball. Without one, it can mean to dash, though that use is uncommon. Online, the intransitive verb can also refer to self-harm, so an objectless "he yeets" may read darkly. An obsolete verb with the same spelling meant to address someone as "ye."

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of yeet.

   His wild yeets sent crumpled papers flying over the office partitions.

   A few clumsy yeets later, every snowball had missed the target completely.

   Note

   A regular -s plural on a young slang word. The noun it counts first named a dance: a dip of the shoulder and both hands swung out, while onlookers chant "YEET yah, yah, yah, yah." In casual use it also counts throws. The same spelling is the verb's present-tense form, so let the grammar decide: two wild yeets is a noun, she yeets is a verb.

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