verb

yeet

YEET

Yeet (verb) means to throw something hard, fast and carelessly, often without looking where it lands. Example: “He yeeted his bag across the room and collapsed on the sofa.”

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."

"Someone yeeted a water bottle onto the pitch."

slang To get rid of something or someone abruptly, or to leave a place quickly.

"I yeeted that whole folder into the bin."

"As soon as the manager appeared he yeeted out the back door."

interjection

slang An exclamation shouted at the moment of throwing something, jumping, or committing to a bold action.

""Yeet!" he yelled, and jumped into the lake."

How to use yeet

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo throw something really hard, or to shout while doing it.

When to use it

Playful slang. Fine in speech among friends and online, out of place in any formal writing.

Memory tip

As an exclamation it is shouted at the moment of the throw, not before or after.

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Easily confused with

yoink yolo → chuck →

Common pairings

yeet it yeeted across the room yeet myself

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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 as well as a 2008 definition of "yeet yeet" on Urban Dictionary. As an expression used when throwing something, apparently coined by Vine user David Banna in a Vine uploaded on or before March 28, 2014 in which he throws a CD and yells out "YEET!", as well as a Vine uploaded April 4, 2014 of a high school student hurling an empty soda can and shouting "This bitch empty! YEET!" After the 2014 trend, the term faded into relative obscurity before resurging in 2018.

Synonyms

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chuck hurl fling lob launch ditch bin bounce dip

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Rhymes for yeet

feet meet beet jeet geet weet sweet sheet sleet skeet fleet greet

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Frequently asked questions

What is the past tense of yeet?

In ordinary use it is regular: yeeted. Some speakers say "yote" as a joke, on the pattern of write/wrote, but that is deliberately playful rather than standard.

Is yeet a real word?

Yes. It began as internet and playground slang but is now widely used and recorded in dictionaries as both a verb and an exclamation. It remains firmly informal.

What is the opposite of yeet?

Jokingly, "yoink" — grabbing or snatching something rather than throwing it. There is no formal antonym.

What is the meaning of yeet?

"yeet" (verb) means to throw something hard, fast and carelessly, often without looking where it lands.

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