Yeet
To throw something forcefully or an exclamation expressing excitement, approval, or surprise.
“He decided to yeet the empty box across the room.”
As a verb, yeet usually describes throwing something with force, enthusiasm, or little concern for how it lands. As an interjection, it can express excitement, surprise, approval, or energetic commitment to an action.
Early documented uses of yeet were enthusiastic interjections. It became associated with a viral dance in 2014, and later videos connected the word with forcefully throwing an object. Those uses combined into the meanings common today.
yeeted
The widely accepted past-tense form meaning threw something forcefully.
yeeting
The continuous form describing the act of throwing something with force or enthusiasm.
yote
A joking, intentionally irregular past tense sometimes used instead of yeeted.
What does yeet mean?
Yeet can mean to throw something forcefully or serve as an exclamation of excitement, approval, or surprise.
Is the past tense yeeted or yote?
Yeeted is the established past-tense form. Yote is an intentionally humorous alternative.
Did yeet begin as a throwing word?
No. Its early prominent uses were exclamations and a dance name before viral videos strongly connected it with throwing.