yeet
9 synonyms for yeet, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To throw something hard, fast and carelessly, often without looking where it lands.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
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Less common
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. verb slang
To throw something hard, fast and carelessly, often without looking where it lands.
“He yeeted his bag across the room and collapsed on the sofa.”
How to use yeet
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
Playful slang. Fine in speech among friends and online, out of place in any formal writing.
Etymology
Popularized in March 2014 by the "yeet" dance which went viral on the now-defunct video sharing site Vine. The earliest known yeet dance is recorded in a YouTube video uploaded on February 3, 2014. However, examples of the interjection can be found much earlier, including a 1998 use by British presenter Jeremy Clarkson...
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