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yass

/jɑːs/

yass is the pronunciation spelling of yes.

Meaning of yes

Particle

yes

  1. Used to show agreement or acceptance.
    • Yes, you are correct.
  2. Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
    • It was not my fault we lost the race.
      Oh, yes, it was!
  3. (humorous) Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.
    • Do you like cake, or pie?
      Yes.

See all 13 meanings of yes

Interjection

yass

  1. (African-American Vernacular, LGBTQ slang) A strong expression of excitement or admiration.
    • Yass queen, you did that!

Proper noun capitalized: Yass

Yass

  1. A river in New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A town on the river in Yass Valley council area, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales.

Forms of yass

alternative formyas
alternative formyaas
alternative formyaaas

Origin of yass

Alteration of yes, with likely influence from pronunciation spelling.

Apparently from an Australian Aboriginal language, yharr (“running water”).

Words formed from yass

Questions about yass

What does yass mean?
Yass means a strong expression of excitement or admiration.
What is yass the pronunciation spelling of?
Yass is the pronunciation spelling of yes.
What part of speech is yass?
Yass can be an interjection or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce yass?
Yass is pronounced /jɑːs/.

Words near yass in the dictionary

  1. Yasmine
  2. Yasna
  3. Yasoda
  4. Yasodhara
  5. Yasothon
  6. yass
  7. Yass River
  8. Yass Valley
  9. yassa
  10. Yassenoff
  11. yassification

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yass (page history and authors); Yass (page history and authors); yes (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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