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—used to express surprise, approval, or excited enthusiasm
As the right guard headed to his stall, he uttered two words just audible over the hum of a winning locker room: "Yeet, yeet."—
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Olivia ReinerInstead of saying "cool" when something good happens, he would say "yeet", which in slang can mean anything from "yes" to expressing excitement or approval.—Mary-Jo Tohill
Mary-Jo Tohill… he enjoys using the slang phrase "yeet" to celebrate his keto diet achievements.—M2 PressWIRE
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yeeted; yeeting; yeets
: to throw especially with force and without regard for the thing being thrown
When it comes to Twitter features, number one on the wish list of the platform's heaviest users—apart from a Super Mega Block option that instantly yeets a nasty user into the sea—is the edit button.—Caitlin Welsh
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Only Cattrall would yeet herself into space to avoid reprising her role, and working with her co-star Sarah Jessica Parker, with whom she's had a very weird and shady public feud for years.
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“Yeet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yeet. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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