yoink

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From the interjection yoink.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to yoink

Third person singular
yoinks

Simple past
yoinked

Past participle
yoinked

Present participle
yoinking

to yoink (third-person singular simple present yoinks, present participle yoinking, simple past and past participle yoinked)

  1. (transitive, slang) To quickly take an item without the permission of the owner
    I'm going to yoink the last piece of toast if nobody else lays claim to it.

[edit] Etymology 2

  • Supposedly coined by Simpsons writer George Meyer. First appears in episode 9F14, "Duffless".

[edit] Interjection

yoink

  1. (slang) Used to accompany an act of yoinking.
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