eep

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An expression of surprise or dismay.

   • Hot-dog vendor: "Get him!" Bart: "Eep."
   • Then she ripped the door off its hinges and bent the flimsy metal in half between her hands. "Eep," I said.
   • On the opposite side a bottle crashed. Shards twinkle screamed in a circle around her head. “Eep,” she said, breathed, and nearly screamed.
2. 2

   A short scream or yelp.

   • She encouraged them to express their teeny-tiniest selves with an “eep.”
3. 3

   To vocalise a short scream or yelp

   To vocalise a short scream or yelp; to produce an eep.

   • Now there are fulfilled women happily “eeping” all over the Bay Area. I swear to you this is true.
   • Petey’s voice rises to that preadolescent pitch it always hits when he feels his life spinning out of control. “Dues are what Boy Scouts pay,” he eeps.
   • Before I could answer, a tiny green krait dropped out of Tristan’s nostril and slithered swiftly toward Susan’s sandaled feet: She eeped, dropped my arm, and fled for her life.
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   1. 4

      Sleep.

   2. 5

      To sleep.

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