Meaning & use
Yoinks
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Used to express surprise, alarm, or sudden realization, or to accompany the act of quickly grabbing something.
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Yoinks! I didn't realize how late it was getting.
"Yoinks!" he shouted, snatching the last slice of pizza before anyone else could.
A note on using this word
Popularized by the character Shaggy in the "Scooby-Doo" cartoons; closely related to "yoink," a verb meaning to grab something suddenly.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To take or grab something quickly, often playfully.
He yoinked the remote control before his sister could reach it.
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