English Explanatory Dictionary

zip-a-dee-doo-dah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. An exclamation of happiness.
adj
  1. Characteristic of such a feeling.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-zip-a-dee-doo-dah.wav

Word forms

zip-a-dee-doo-dah

Etymology

From a song in the Disney movie Song of the South, from “O Zip a duden duden duden zip a duden day”, chorus to an old minstrel song “Zip Coon” popularized by George Washington Dixon

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