Meaning

(slang) Expressing excitement or approval..

Definitions by Sense

1. (slang) Expressing excitement or approval.
2. (slang) A sudden expression used while throwing something, especially with force.
3. A type of dance involving dipping one's shoulder and swinging both hands out, while an audience repeatedly chants "YEET yah, yah, yah, yah".
4. (transitive, slang) To throw (something) with great force; to hurl.
5. (intransitive, slang, uncommon) To move quickly; to dash, zoom.
6. (intransitive, Internet slang) To self-harm.
7. (obsolete) To ye (address with the pronoun "ye").

Example Sentences

The “YEET!” sound effect with the punch at :40

After Richt got his shower, the Miami players surrounding him while yelling “YEET!” in unison.

Often, my teenagers would exclaim "Yeet." I am still not quite sure what it means, but I knew they liked to say it, and it was usually after something positive.

Towards the end of the fire, Kelling overheard the student talking to his friends about “yeeting” his “Speak Freely” into the fire... [He] ran up to the fence and threw his book toward the fire, yelling out “yeet” while he threw it.

Yeet is the new twerk and while it may look like nothing more than a full-body flail, there are some very important techniques you need to know before you embark on your own yeet adventure. Here are seven different ways you can yeet.

Meechie's videos reach hundreds of thousands, sometimes even eclipsing the views of the artists' official visuals, but lately his biggest successes are instead dedicated to specific dances like the whip, yeet, and even the still-regional “Hit Dem Folks” dance, which mimics a basketball player dunking.

The yeet began, culturally, with a Vine of a kid affectionately nicknamed Lil Meatball doing the dance on his school's track.

Especially black teens, who created a disproportionate number of popular Vines and used the social network to demonstrate wit, intelligence, creativity, and comic timing that was rarely given a spotlight elsewhere. That included dance trends like the yeet.

Word Forms

• yeets
• yeeting
• yeeted
• yote
• yait
• yoit

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When Should You Use Yeet?

Use yeet when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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