yeet

Meanings

Noun

• A type of dance with flailing arm motions, popularized by social media website Vine.

Verb

• To move quickly.
• To throw an object a long distance or with a sudden or forceful motion.
• To ye (address with the pronoun "ye").

Origin

• Originating and coined in the mid-2000s, but popularized by a 2014 video uploaded on Vine.
• From Middle English yeten, ȝeten, from Middle English ye, ȝe. Compare Middle English thouten.