Explore Yay through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like tai. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Yay meaning
- An expression of happiness.
- Misspelling of yea.
Synonyms of Yay
Using Yay
- The main meaning on this page is: An expression of happiness. | Misspelling of yea.
- Useful related words include: tai.
- In the example corpus, yay often appears in combinations such as: yay another, in yay, so yay.
Context around Yay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 4 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 3 questions, 3 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yay
- In this selection, "yay" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, laphet, shouting, gyan, ove and earie stand out and add context to how "yay" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and laphet yay gyan respectively and as laphet yay and laphet. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yay" sits close to words such as abdulrazaq, adan and adolphus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They’ll just be like, ‘Yay! (6 words)
Who is famous for saying 'Yipee ki yay'? (8 words)
Yay another season of them dealing with an overarching mystery. (10 words)
Especially for that nebulous stretch after work, when you’re not sure if you need to keep it to just drinks (you’re not into it) or let it roll into a dinner date (you’re into it — yay!). (39 words)
At the weekend 10 owners of food and grocery stalls and tea shops in Yay Phyu village, Tanintharyi Township, were detained after junta informants reported that resistance groups bought food from them, residents said. (34 words)
Subtle gold accents – namely the press stud and the lettering spelling out ‘Yay for vacay’ – earns extra points in the style stakes, and there are options to have the wallet personalised, too. (32 words)
Who is famous for saying 'Yipee ki yay'? (8 words)
But also yay, because how good and creepy and just incredibly tragic was Ashad’s design? (16 words)
It’s 20h05 at the time of my comment, wondering whether it will be a “Yay or Nay” from Govt? (20 words)
Personally I'm jealous and feel left out, but i'm not gay, and i'm also married, so yay marriage! (21 words)
They’ll just be like, ‘Yay! (6 words)
Yay another Monday another false hope that lower reporting over the weekend is an actual trend rather than just lower reporting over the weekend! (24 words)
Example sentences (20)
In Burma (Myanmar), tea is consumed not only as hot drinks, but also as sweet tea and green tea known locally as laphet-yay and laphet-yay-gyan, respectively.
The Subtitle “I-Yay Ove-Lay oo-yay earie-day” indicates that this is the modern form of Pig Latin we recognize today.
At the weekend 10 owners of food and grocery stalls and tea shops in Yay Phyu village, Tanintharyi Township, were detained after junta informants reported that resistance groups bought food from them, residents said.
OK, again, their commitment was to install some 15,000 cell towers, and they did - Yay.
Personally I'm jealous and feel left out, but i'm not gay, and i'm also married, so yay marriage!
Subtle gold accents – namely the press stud and the lettering spelling out ‘Yay for vacay’ – earns extra points in the style stakes, and there are options to have the wallet personalised, too.
Who is famous for saying 'Yipee ki yay'?
Yay another season of them dealing with an overarching mystery.
All four men to their knees for the yay/boo strikes.
Especially for that nebulous stretch after work, when you’re not sure if you need to keep it to just drinks (you’re not into it) or let it roll into a dinner date (you’re into it — yay!).
She runs over shouting ‘yay the babies are here!’, before hugging them and their mum.
They’ll just be like, ‘Yay!
Assume his contract and that of a single signing and the rookie class can all be worked in due to bonuses, etc. We'll assume Ev is coming back (Yay!).
But also yay, because how good and creepy and just incredibly tragic was Ashad’s design?
It’s 20h05 at the time of my comment, wondering whether it will be a “Yay or Nay” from Govt?
My niece was hit as she ran,” Daw Ma Yay told The Irrawaddy.
Oh yay another series vs. a team that’s going to play an insufferable brand of hockey.
So I'm blessed that I was like, "yay, people like the shirt".
What they do is yay or nay, and if it’s not unanimous then you’re taken off the agenda.
Yay another Monday another false hope that lower reporting over the weekend is an actual trend rather than just lower reporting over the weekend!
Common combinations with yay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- yay another 4×
- in yay 2×
- so yay 2×
- yay for 2×
- the yay 2×
- like yay 2×
- yay or 2×