different between yoink vs yoik

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j???k/

Etymology 1

1954. Onomatopoeic.

Verb

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

1. (onomatopoeia) To make a yoink sound.
   • 1956, H. Minar Shoebotham, Anaconda: Life of Marcus Daly, the Copper King, Mechanicsburg PA: Stackpole, p 2:

     Outside in the fog and the damp and cool air, common to County Cavan, he strode briskly along the road and when he arrived Cummings was already out and busy and the pigs—a big drove of them—were yoinking for their feed.

2. (colloquial) To hop or bounce.
3. nonce word for an action that impacts on something, especially if it is sudden.
4. To kill.

Noun

yoink (plural yoinks)

1. An ordinary person with nothing to recommend them.

Interjection

yoink

1. Used for emphasis or to express that one is impressed.

Etymology 2

Coined by writer George Meyer for the TV show The Simpsons; perhaps imitative of the sound effect (a quick upward slide on a violin) that accompanies something being snatched in classic comedies. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Interjection

yoink

1. (colloquial) Onomatopoeic, accompanying or describing a yank, swipe, or snatch.
   • 1993, “Duffless”, episode of the Simpsons [television]:

     Marge: But you look better, you don't sweat when you eat any more, and look – [holds up a wad of cash] You've saved more than a hundred dollars. I found it in your pants.

     Homer: [snatches money] Yoink!

Verb

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

1. (colloquial) To yank or snatch.
2. To steal.
3. To take or win (something) that others want.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:yoink.

English

Etymology

From Northern Sami juoigat

Noun

yoik (countable and uncountable, plural yoiks)

1. (music, uncountable) A traditional style of Sami singing or chanting.
2. (music, countable) A song in this tradition.

Alternative forms

• joik

Synonyms

• luohti
• vuolle
• leu'dd
• juoiggus

Translations

Verb

yoik (third-person singular simple present yoiks, present participle yoiking, simple past and past participle yoiked)

1. To sing in a traditional Sami style.

Translations