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In some senses, yay is marked as slang, colloquial, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
intj
An expression of happiness.
Yay! I have finally finished my work!
Misspelling of yea.
adv
Alternative spelling of yea.
The tree was yay big.
See, in the 1800s, the island was yay big, but by the 1990s, it was yay big.
noun
Cocaine (powder or crack).
In Billy Corben's engrossing new documentary, Cocaine Cowboys (Magnolia Pictures), self-described "assassin" Jorge "Rivi" Ayala (among others) give up the goods on Miami's explosive early '80s yay trade.
I'm in charge of a whole city block, and I always wear gloves when I touch the yay, cuz traces of cocaine show up on my u. a., when I touch it with my bare hands.