Pronunciations (2)
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/iːk/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ik/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Interjection
Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books).
Usage- onomatopoeic
- Examples
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Eek! There's a mouse in the bathtub!
Expressing (sometimes mock) fear or surprise.
Usage- onomatopoeic
- Examples
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I almost got fired from my job yesterday. Eek!
Representing the shrill vocal sound of a mouse, rat, or monkey.
Usage- onomatopoeic
Verb
To produce a high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation.
Usage- onomatopoeic
- Examples
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She was dangling the mouse by its tail, but as it tried to arch upwards and bite, she started to jig about wildly […] The anglers had watched a beautiful young woman dance naked beneath a full moon to the feverish rhythm of unworldly eeking noises!
We saw a frog and she eeked in terror again from the sight of it hopping near her.
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“Sorry, love, they all look the same to me,” said Dad, desperately trying to spot one with a particularly pink nose. “Armitage? ARMITAGE!” called Zoe. All the rats eeked. Every single one of them wanted to escape. “We’ll just have to set them all free,” said Zoe.
Of a black person, to speak nonsense or gibberish.
Usage- ethnic
- Offensive
- onomatopoeic
- Slang
- slur
Noun
A high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation.
Usage- onomatopoeic
- Examples
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He tried desperately to read into Le Chiffre's face what was happening behind him, but all he saw was blind incomprehension and terror. Le Chiffre's mouth worked, but only a high-pitched ‘eek’ came from it. His heavy cheeks trembled as he tried to collect enough saliva in his mouth to say something, ask something.
Noun
A face.
Usage- Polari
- onomatopoeic
- Synonyms
- Examples
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How bona to vada your eek!
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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.
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[H]e plonked his corybungus down and turned his eek to the driver.