yah

American  

[yah, yai] / yɑ, yɛə /

interjection

1. an exclamation of impatience or derision.

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yah ¹ British  

/ jɛə, jɑː /

1. an informal word for yes, often used to indicate derision or contempt

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interjection

1. an exclamation of derision or disgust

Yah ² British  

/ jɑː /

noun

1. informal an affected upper-class person

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Etymology

Origin of Yah

C20: from yah , the spoken form of _yes supposedly used by upper-class British people

Example Sentences

Like one time he ate a bag of really strong coffee and he was like, yah!

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2020

I owe yah one...or like two albums turns out.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2020

Yes, “Fargo” is finally back and that’s a reason to rejoice, don’t yah know?

From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2017

“We were pretending to cut hair but YouTube critics said, yah, fake, so thanks to the naysayers we had to ramp it up and bring more reality to it,” he recalls.

From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2015

That long yah sound was followed by a specific kind of howl from one of the dogs.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison