eek

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books).

   • Eek! There's a mouse in the bathtub!
2. 2

   Expressing (sometimes mock) fear or surprise.

   • I almost got fired from my job yesterday. Eek!
3. 3

   Representing the shrill vocal sound of a mouse, rat, or monkey.

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   1. 4

      To produce a high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation.

      • We saw a frog and she eeked in terror again from the sight of it hopping near her.
   2. 5

      Of a black person, to speak nonsense or gibberish.

   3. 6

      A face.

      • How bona to vada your eek!
      • You have your Elizabeth Taylor done in half-tones, reclining on this chaise longue – that’s your actual French – decollete down to her ankles, with a wanton look all over her eek.
      • Though she's a bimbo bit of hard, / she’s royal and tart. And girl, you know / vadaing her eek is always bona.
   4. 7

      Alternative form of eke (“also”).

   5. 8

      A river in Alaska.

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