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PRONUNCIATION OF YIPPIE

yippie  [ˈjɪpɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF YIPPIE

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Yippie is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES YIPPIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Youth International Party

The Youth International Party, whose members were commonly called Yippies, was a radically youth-oriented and countercultural revolutionary offshoot of the free speech and anti-war movements of the 1960s. It was founded on December 31, 1967. They employed theatrical gestures, such as advancing a pig as a candidate for President in 1968, to mock the social status quo. They have been described as a highly theatrical, anti-authoritarian and anarchist youth movement of "symbolic politics". Since they were well known for street theater and politically themed pranks, many of the "old school" political left either ignored or denounced them. According to ABC News, "The group was known for street theater pranks and was once referred to as the 'Groucho Marxists'."...

Definition of yippie in the English dictionary

The definition of yippie in the dictionary is a young politically active hippie.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH YIPPIE


chippy
ˈtʃɪpɪ
clippie
ˈklɪpɪ
flippy
ˈflɪpɪ
gippy
ˈdʒɪpɪ
gossipy
ˈɡɒsɪpɪ
hippie
ˈhɪpɪ
hippy
ˈhɪpɪ
Mississippi
ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpɪ
precipe
priːˈsɪpɪ
recipe
ˈrɛsɪpɪ
scrapie
ˈskreɪpɪ
skippy
ˈskɪpɪ
slippy
ˈslɪpɪ
snippy
ˈsnɪpɪ
stripy
ˈstraɪpɪ
tippy
ˈtɪpɪ
trippy
ˈtrɪpɪ
typy
ˈtaɪpɪ
whippy
ˈwɪpɪ
zippy
ˈzɪpɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE YIPPIE

yin
Yin and Yang
Yinchuan
Yinchwan
yindie
Yingkou
Yingkow
Yinglish
yip
yipe
yipes
yippee
yipper
yips
yird
yirr
yirth
yite
yitie
yitten

WORDS THAT END LIKE YIPPIE

apple pie
buppie
chappie
cheapie
crappie
deep-dish pie
drappie
eat humble pie
Gillespie
groupie
humble pie
koppie
lappie
magpie
pie
preppie
sharpie
shippie
yappie
yuppie

Synonyms and antonyms of yippie in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «yippie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF YIPPIE

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The translations of yippie from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «yippie» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

开心辞典
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

yippie
570 millions of speakers

English

yippie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

यिप्पी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

yippie
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

юппи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

yippie
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কেয়াবাত্
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

yippie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Yippie
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Yippie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

yippie
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

yippie
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Yippie
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

yippie
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

yippie
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

येपी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yippie
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

yippie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Yippie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Юппі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Yippie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

yippie
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

YiPpIe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

yippie
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Yippie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of yippie

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «YIPPIE»

The term «yippie» is regularly used and occupies the 92.334 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «YIPPIE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about yippie

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YIPPIE»

Discover the use of yippie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to yippie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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123 Yippie
Little ones can count on this little book, packed with exuberant gouache paintings that nearly jump from the pages. Yippie!
Lisa Clough, 1998
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Radical Street Theatre and the Yippie Legacy: A Performance ...
In 1967 and 1968, members of the Youth International Party, also known as Yippies, created several mass street demonstrations to protest President Lyndon Baines Johnson's handling of the United States' military involvement in the war in ...
Susanne Elizabeth Shawyer, 2008
3
Chicago '68
Side. Both Rubin and Hoffman were prominent members of ESSO. Fifteen members of ESSO were arrested at around the same time. Repression was intensifying and everybody knew it.43 Early June decidedly marked the low point of Yippie.
David Farber, 1994
4
Swinging Single: Representing Sexuality in the 1960s
The phallic sexual language of Yippie manifestos ("balling") tends to announce both the masculinity of the desiring subject (the baller) and, just as often, the femininity of his object of genital desire. Thus imperialism becomes, for Rubin, the ...
Hilary Radner, Moya Luckett, 1999
5
Yodel-ay-ee-oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the ...
Ed Sanders: Yodel in' Yippie?, continued right from the words into a yodel: "l got a feelin' called the . . . ," and then he goes right in "blOoo-odeLAY eee oooz" . . . right out of the vocal right into the yodel — whew! l used to practice it when l ...
Bart Plantenga, 2004
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For the Hell of it: The Life and Times of Abbie Hoffman
would. have. to. "ask. each. and. every. Yippie. in. Lincoln. Park. why. they. have come to Chicago." No one could have written a document quite like Abbie's. Characteristically, the eighteenth point was left blank so that each individual could ...
Jonah Raskin, 1996
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LIFE
I laughed loudest at the yippie who answered a subpoena to appear before the House Un-American Activities Commit lee wearing a red, white and blue shirt with stars up one sleeve and stripes down the other. When he was arrested on the ...
8
The Radical Reader: A Documentary History of the American ...
ED SANDERS's “Predictions for Yippie Activities” reflects the zaniness of the “ Yippies,” a group that blended the militant politics of the New Left with the creativity and humor of the emergingcounterculture. Sanders (1939–) wasbornin Kansas ...
Timothy Patrick McCarthy, John Campbell McMillian, 2013
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Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia
Yippie Central.” New York Today (newyorktoday.com), 6 August. Peck, Abe. [ 1985] 1991. Uncovering the Sixties: The Life and Times of the Underground Press. New York: Citadel Press. Rubin, Jerry. 1970. Do It! Scenarios of the Revolution.
Peter Knight, 2003
10
Memoirs Of A Drugged-up, Sex-crazed Yippie: Tales From The ...
The drugs, sexual attitudes, music and politics made the 1970s what they were. Taken as a whole, this book will give some insight into the people and events of the 1970s counter-culture.
Steve Otto, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YIPPIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term yippie is used in the context of the following news items.
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Yippie Foundation to shutter programs, liquidate assets
Yippie Foundation was incorporated as a nonprofit in August 2010. Job training began in 2011 and the shop launched in fall 2012. Goals included providing job ... «TheReporter.Com, Jul 15»
2
Yippie Yogurt to close its doors this month
Cora Williams (left), of Fairfield, shares a cup of yogurt with her grandaughter Alahna Dotson, 2, shortly after Yippie Yogurt first opened in 2012. Yippie Yogurt ... «TheReporter.Com, Jul 15»
3
Yippie, there is no more Maggi in Kolkata
There are a host of other instant noodle brands in the market, including Yippie, Top Ramen, Ching's, Koka, Knorr, Wai Wai and Smith & Jones, but Maggi is by ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
4
Yoe Books Launches The Yippie Yi Yoe Society - Hear Their Theme …
Yoe Books are the publisher of all manner of envelope-pushing classic comics and comics that should be archived and remembered via a team-up with IDW. «Bleeding Cool News, Jan 15»
5
Centech v. Yippie Holdings
Plaintiff Centech commenced this action to foreclose on a consolidated mortgage against defendant mortgagors National AIDS Brigade and Yippie Holdings. «Commercial Litigation Insider, Dec 14»
6
Gwyneth Paltrow Goes Makeup-Free: Yippie Ki-Yay, Motherf*&$rs!
"Yippie Ki-Yay motherf*&$rs, the Big Sky country today on @goop," Paltrow wrote on Instagram as she posed in a cowboy hat and also in an all-natural state ... «The Hollywood Gossip, Jul 14»
7
This Day in Jewish History / Yippie cofounder, colorful symbol of the …
It was on New Year's Eve of 1968 that Rubin, together with Abbie Hoffman and Paul Krassner, cofounded the Youth International Party, or Yippie party. «Haaretz, Jul 14»
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Requiem for Yippie Stronghold, 9 Bleecker
New York's 9 Bleecker building, known since 2007 as the Yippie Museum Café, has been foreclosed. As of today, this venerable landmark of the counterculture ... «CelebStoner, Jan 14»
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Emptying a Building Long Home to Activists
Moving boxes were piled on the ground floor on Monday, next to a framed copy of the manifesto of the Youth International Party, or Yippies, a written time ... «New York Times, Jan 14»
10
Yippie Ki-Yay: The 100 Best Action Movie Lines (Video)
Feel lucky, punk? You should, because someone's compiled a list of the 100 best action-movie lines ever. Would you believe Arnold (“I'll be back”) ... «TheWrap, Dec 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Yippie [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/yippie>. Apr 2024 ».
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