zip-a-dee-doo-dah
zip-a-dee-doo-dah interjection: an exclamation of happiness.
Interjection
- An exclamation of happiness.
- Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay, / My oh my, what a wonderful day / Plenty of sunshine headin' my way / Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay1946, “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah”, Ray Gilbert (lyrics), Allie Wrubel (music)
- Zip-a-dee-doo-dah! What a treat this movie was for kids and adults alike.1990 March, Susan Sackett, The Hollywood Reporter Book of Box Office Hits, New York: Billboard Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page 60
Adjective
zip-a-dee-doo-dah
- Characteristic of such a feeling.
- It happened on one o' dem zip-a-dee-doo-dah days. Now that's the kind of day when you can't open your mouth without a song jump right out of it.1946, Song of the South (Film), spoken by Uncle Remus (James Baskett)
- Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah! Only one place in the world can give you that Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah feeling day after wonderful day.1987, “(advertisement)”, in National Geographic, volume 172, page 280
Origin of zip-a-dee-doo-dah
From a song in the Disney movie Song of the South, from “O Zip a duden duden duden zip a duden day”, chorus to an old minstrel song “Zip Coon” popularized by George Washington Dixon
Questions about zip-a-dee-doo-dah
- What does zip-a-dee-doo-dah mean?
- Zip-a-dee-doo-dah means an exclamation of happiness.
- What part of speech is zip-a-dee-doo-dah?
- Zip-a-dee-doo-dah can be an interjection or an adjective.
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