yeet

[ yeet ]

interjection

1. (an exclamation of enthusiasm, approval, triumph, pleasure, joy, etc.):

   If we're lucky, all of Wisconsin will be yelling “Yeet!” when the Packers make a second trip to Tampa this year.

verb (used with object)

1. to hurl or move forcefully:

   Somebody just yeeted a water bottle into the crowd.

   He's an early riser, so his mom never had to yeet him out of bed!

verb (used without object)

1. to move forcefully or quickly:

   My cat yeeted out of there in a big hurry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of yeet¹

First recorded in 2005–10; exclamation of excitement that spread as the name of a dance in Black social media culture

Example Sentences

If someone in his life was relentlessly critical — no matter how difficult things can be — I’d yeet them into the sun.

From Washington Post

In Week 1506 we once again asked for poems using terms newly added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, from “adorkable” to “yeet.”

From Washington Post

On her office windowsill sits a framed nameplate with one of her best-known catchphrases on TikTok: “Yeet the Teet,” slang for removing breasts.

From New York Times

Yeet is either “used to express surprise, approval, or excited enthusiasm” or as a verb to mean “to throw especially with force and without regard for the thing being thrown,” according to Merriam-Webster’s definition.

From Washington Times

Finding out that shrinkflation, adorkable, subvariant and even pumpkin spice are now officially in the dictionary might make you exclaim “Yeet!”

From Washington Times