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yatta

US/jɑˈtɑ/

yatta interjection: an exclamation of happiness or excitement.

Interjection

  1. (slang) An exclamation of happiness or excitement.
    • Okay. Let's just launch a killer attack on the whole tribe! Kill off Cologne and Shampoo first, then get rid of the rest of the bunch! Then no more Shampoo-like girls going to attack people who beat them up, since they're all dead! Yatta!! Good idea!!!1996 January 16, Caroline Ann Seawright, “Re: Shampoo Bashing! (was Ranma 1/2: Denial)”, in rec.arts.anime (Usenet)
    • I put in a US game and tried it and it worked perfectly. Then I put in a Japanese game and it worked also. Yatta!1997 February 2, Kimo Kim, “NCS Mod review”, in rec.games.video.sony (Usenet)

Origin of yatta

Borrowed from Japanese やった (yatta, “hurrah!, I did it!”).

Words that rhyme with yatta

Questions about yatta

What does yatta mean?
Yatta means an exclamation of happiness or excitement.
What part of speech is yatta?
Yatta is an interjection.
How do you pronounce yatta?
Yatta is pronounced /jɑˈtɑ/ (US).

Words near yatta in the dictionary

  1. yats
  2. Yatsko
  3. Yatskos
  4. Yatsushiro
  5. yatt
  6. yatta
  7. Yattalunga
  8. Yattendon
  9. yatter
  10. yattered
  11. yattering

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