different between yeehaw vs brekekekex

English

Alternative forms

• yeeha
• yeehah
• yee-haw

Etymology

From Gee-Haw.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ji.?h??/

Interjection

yeehaw

1. (chiefly Southern US and Western US) An expression of joy or excitement, commonly associated with cowboys.

Translations

Verb

yeehaw (third-person singular simple present yeehaws, present participle yeehawing, simple past and past participle yeehawed)

1. To shout yee-haw, or exclaim in a similar manner.

See also

• yahoo
• ajúa
• yupa

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (brekekekéx), coined by Aristophanes in the comedy The Frogs.

Interjection

brekekekex

1. (nonce word) Nonsense word supposedly imitative of frogs.
   • 1871, John Stuart Blackie, The Musical Frogs:

     Brekekekex! co-ax! co-ax! O happy, happy frogs!

     How sweet ye sing! would God that I

     Upon the sweet bubbling pool might lie,

     And sun myself to-day

     With you! No curtained bride, I ween,

     Nor pillowed babe, nor cushioned queen,

     Nor tiny fay on emerald green,

     Nor silken lady gray,

     Lies on a softer couch. O Heaven!

   • 1898, Harry Greenbank, Adrian Ross (lyrics), “A Frog he lived in a Pond”, in A Greek Slave:

     Iris:

     He warbled a plaintive rondo —

     Of brekekekex koax —

     Chorus:

     Koax!

     Iris:

     The other frogs thought it splendid,

     Most splendid —

     Chorus:

     Most splendid!

     Iris:

     Applauding him when he ended

     With brekekekex koax —

     Chorus:

     Koax!

Verb

brekekekex (third-person singular simple present brekekekexes, present participle brekekekexing, simple past and past participle brekekekexed)

1. To make a brekekekex sound; to ribbit.