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Definition of "yippie" []

  • A member of a group of politically radical hippies, active especially during the late 1960s. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "yippie" in a sentence
  • "Norman Mailer was not a "yippie" but he was going to march."
  • ""yippie" when I'd come home and discover my parents had left for the cape for the weekend - today I'd give anything to spend an hour with them."
  • "Though today I mean "yippie-skippy" in its less ironic/sarcastic form, because last night at 9: 00 pm, I finished the rough draft of RESURRECTION CODE."