yippie
/ˈjɪpi
/noun (plural yippies)
A member of a group of politically active hippies, originally in the US.The hippies and yahoos and yippies and SDS students were seen as a real threat to the fabric of society....
- I remember when thousand of hippies and yippies surrounded the Pentagon during the Vietnam War and held an exorcism to drive out the evil demons.
- Holly screamed with delight and Molly let out a yippie.
Origin
1960s: acronym from Youth International Party + the suffix -ie, suggested by hippy1.
- throw one's hat in the ring
- throw one's money about/around
- throw one's toys out of the pram
- throw one's weight about (or around)
- throw one's weight behind
- throw (or cast or shed) light on
- throw (or catch) someone off balance
- throw (or chuck)a seven
- throw (or knock) someone for a loop
- throw (or pour) cold water on
- throw-over
- throw people together
- throw pillow
- throw rug
- throw shade
- throw shapes
- throw someone a bone
- throw someone a curve
- throw someone a curveball
- throw someone out
- throw someone over
- throw someone to the dogs
- throw someone to the lions
- throw someone to the wolves
- throw someone under the bus