Definitions
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- interjection colloquial
Onomatopoeic , accompanying or describing ayank , orsnatch . - verb onomatopoeia To make a yoink
sound . - verb colloquial To
hop orbounce . - verb colloquial To
yank orsnatch .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ai bin tryin foar MUNFS tu yoink a kalikow bifoar rhsb gottit nawt sekund!
Molly’s attempts to enter cyberspace - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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The most popular one seems to be "yoink": "An exclamation that, when uttered in conjunction with taking an object, immediately transfers ownership from the original owner to the person using the word regardless of previous property rights."
Archive 2007-04-01 Ann Althouse 2007
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And remember--yoinking your own cockpit may be fun, but if you're going to yoink someone else's you should at least ask them first.
This Just In: Someone Yoinked My Cockpit! BikeSnobNYC 2010
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May 17, 2010 at 10:57 am um…taht shud bee *yoink* nawt yoink8. ai wuz in shock
and den i dunk like dis - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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I wantid to yoink hur, butt hur “servints” wuz an owldur cupplol who seemed sew nyse, I nawt grabbed hur.
What do you - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Another yoink here and there, and I was down to just a slipknot.
Moment of Duh archmage 2008
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Must yoink befoar Red gets heer- YOINK! runsawaiwifakwikness….
Venus Hand Trap - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Becos it iz a splortacious an tehrefoar riskee kitteh, ai will yoink tihs MOST byootimuss kitteh an taek him tu bed wiv meh. *yoinks* Baibai!
CORPORATE FAT CAT - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Dude's like a fish on dry land, jaws working like, yoink yoink yoink yoinkand — Stevie's a stone fuckingmess.
Stevie Wonder 2010
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*Sprayz yoink-proof juice on fluffy, sawft, Heather.
Heather hated the first kiss, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
trivet commented on the word yoink
mmmmm....Simpsons' words...
February 8, 2007
Downes commented on the word yoink
It's the sound made by stealing something, or (more frequently) the sound the person doing the grabbing or stealing makes while grabbing. Used frequently by 'Snake' on the Simpsons.
June 18, 2009
pdamer commented on the word yoink
yoink as a verb means to take or steal something. It is also used as an exclamation when taking or stealing something: Yoink! I got your nose!
August 13, 2009
Durvin commented on the word yoink
I think it may have actually been coined by the Simpsons, making it one of several words from the show that have wound up entering the language ("d'oh", "cromulent", "embiggen", "unpossible", and Nelson's laugh). Has anybody heard it in a source earlier than that?
December 5, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word yoink
In the etymology section on Wiktionary (http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=yoink&oldid=16480393), someone has written "1954. Onomatopoeic." Previous versions of that page show that folks have thought there was some connection to Scooby Doo, but I think the word used there was probably something more like "zoiks" (and, if I remember correctly, it was usually a more like a yelp of surprise).
December 5, 2012