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Definition of yessir in English: yessirexclamationˈjɛsəjɛsˈsəː informal 1Used to express assent to a superior. ‘Do you understand me?’ ‘Yessir!’ Example sentencesExamples - Damn that were close, I think it got you Massa that time, yessir.
- They'll sweat their rears off, they'll yessir and nosir you to death, but when it comes down to it, they're just too damn eager, too revved up to slow down and think.
- Uh, yessir - pardun me, sir - but, uh, how will the ship know time's movin’ a-forwart?
- It's all ‘yessir, nosir, yessir, nosir…’ It could start to make a man a little depressed. ‘Little’ meaning up to the extent of suicidal.
- ‘Uh, yessir,’ the guard shifted his weight, moving his halberd back to rest.
- 1.1North American Used to express emphatic affirmation.
yessir the food was cheap Example sentencesExamples - ‘Why, yessir, we do,’ Luca said matter-of-factly.
- I be keepin’ you young'uns outta trouble today, yessir!’
- They never fail to liven up our putrid existence. hecklerspray has a particular penchant for a cat fight and, yessir, there's one a-brewin’!
verbyessirring, yessirred, yessirsˈjɛsəjɛsˈsəː [with object]informal Defer to (someone) as a superior. you're used to people yessirring you left and right Example sentencesExamples - A resident doctor, brought up on rich diet of yessirring, learns to follow suit be it a lecture, a conference, or the debating by a medical propagandist euphemistically called a medical representative.
- Not yessirring to a boss is the main point of doing this rather than employment.
- I had been yessirring and nossiring him the whole time, being as calm and polite as possible, but I kind of lost it at this point.
Origin Early 20th century: alteration of yes sir. Definition of yessir in US English: yessir(also yessiree) exclamation informal 1Used to express assent. “Do you understand me?” “Yessir!” Example sentencesExamples - ‘Uh, yessir,’ the guard shifted his weight, moving his halberd back to rest.
- Uh, yessir - pardun me, sir - but, uh, how will the ship know time's movin’ a-forwart?
- It's all ‘yessir, nosir, yessir, nosir…’ It could start to make a man a little depressed. ‘Little’ meaning up to the extent of suicidal.
- Damn that were close, I think it got you Massa that time, yessir.
- They'll sweat their rears off, they'll yessir and nosir you to death, but when it comes down to it, they're just too damn eager, too revved up to slow down and think.
- 1.1North American Used to express emphatic affirmation.
yessir the food was cheap Example sentencesExamples - ‘Why, yessir, we do,’ Luca said matter-of-factly.
- They never fail to liven up our putrid existence. hecklerspray has a particular penchant for a cat fight and, yessir, there's one a-brewin’!
- I be keepin’ you young'uns outta trouble today, yessir!’
Origin Early 20th century: alteration of yes sir. |