yippie

noun

yip·pie | \ ˈyi-pē

How to pronounce yippie (audio)

\

Definition of yippie

: a person belonging to or identified with a politically active group of hippies

Examples of yippie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The hippies and yippies who wanted to levitate the massive 3.7 million-square-foot building couldn’t fully encircle it as planned — though the exorcism was more about theatrics than anything else. — Katie Mettler, Washington Post, "The day anti-Vietnam War protesters tried to levitate the Pentagon," 19 Oct. 2017

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'yippie.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Keep scrolling for more

Learn More about yippie

Dictionary Entries near yippie

Statistics for yippie

Look-up Popularity

Time Traveler for yippie

The first known use of yippie was in 1968

See more words from the same year

WORD OF THE DAY

adversary

an enemy or opponent

Test Your Vocabulary

Words from Greek and Latin Quiz

Which of the following months comes from a Latin word for “ten”?

Name That Thing

Test your visual vocabulary with our 10-question challenge!

TAKE THE QUIZ

Word Winder's CrossWinder

Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.

TAKE THE QUIZ