yoinks exclamation 1noun 1 exclamation1 •Used for emphasis to express strong emotionYoinks. I braced myself for the worst, my brain already screaming for coffee. "We've had a discussion, and we thought we should tell you something.” Cancer? Bankruptcy? Double yoinks. "What's wrong?” — 2010 noun1 •A long but unspecified period of time; yonks"That was on in Glasgow yoinks ago," sneered Bobby. — 1992
