hi-yah

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /haɪˈjɑː/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Interjection

hi-yah

  1. (often humorous) Accompanying an attacking move in (parodies of) Eastern martial arts such as karate.
    • 2017, Jerry Mahoney, My Rotten Stepbrother Ruined Snow White, page 101:
      She leaped down beside him and took a karate stance. “Hi-yah!” she shouted. She kicked as high as she could, first with one foot, then with the other.
    • 2020, K. Anthony Wilson, Better Together:
      I double over and hear a karate ninja sound. “Hi Yah!” A sharp chop to my neck brings me down to the floor. What just happened?

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