yoinks
English edit
Verb edit
yoinks
- third-person singular simple present indicative of yoink
Noun edit
yoinks
- plural of yoink
- A long but unspecified period of time.
- 1992, Frank Rodgers, The Drowning Boy, page 21:
- "That was on in Glasgow yoinks ago," sneered Bobby.
- 2000 February 14, Mike Barnes, “the sign #”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):
- The British Post Office have used the metric system for yoinks.
- 2000 April 14, BZ Lane, “Charles' attraction to Camilla”, in alt.gossip.royalty (Usenet):
- Diana did try to talk with him quietly and so did each of his parents, for yoinks and yoinks.
Interjection edit
yoinks
- Used for emphasis to express strong emotion
- 2010, Douglas Coupland, Generation A, →ISBN, page 12:
- Yoinks. I braced myself for the worst, my brain already screaming for coffee. "We've had a discussion, and we thought we should tell you something.” Cancer? Bankruptcy? Double yoinks. "What's wrong?”
- 2011, Grant Guimont, Hot Wings & Rug Burns, →ISBN:
- “Yoinks, the first mystery I've ever actually wanted to solve and this is the one you guys pick not to wrap up within a half hour.
- 2012, Tom Ryan, Way to Go, →ISBN, page 64:
- She crossed her eyes and stuck out her tongue, holding an imaginary noose above her neck. “Yoinks,” I said. “Yoinks indeed, but what did she expect?
- 2016, Alliance Poets World-Wide, Poetry To Embrace with Love Book Three, →ISBN, page 109:
- Yoinks and gadzooks at what I did see! Yoinks as I watched the display! Yoinks and away such feathered artistry! Yoinks you would have the same say!