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Meaning of yeet in English:

yeet

exclamation

informal

  • Expressing a strong emotional reaction, often for humorous effect.

    ‘It's finally Friday. Yeet!’
    ‘I have a full blown anxiety attack now, yeet’

verb

informal with object, with adverbial of direction

  • Throw (something) forcefully in a specified direction.

    ‘my teacher saw a bug on a tissue box so she yeeted it out the door’
    ‘I'm gonna yeet myself out the window’

Origin

Early 21st century origin uncertain; popularized by videos on the former social media service Vine.

Pronunciation

yeet

/jiːt/