Pronunciations (2)
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/iːp/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ip/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Interjection
An expression of surprise or dismay.
Usage- onomatopoeic
- Synonyms
- Examples
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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.
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On the opposite side a bottle crashed. Shards twinkle screamed in a circle around her head. “Eep,” she said, breathed, and nearly screamed.
Noun
A short scream or yelp.
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"Then the peepers begin on a high key, with a singularly sweet and lucid voice, somewhere betwixt a silver-whistle and a glass-bell, smacking little of the mid: 'Eep!-eep-eep-eep! ee ee-ee! eepee! eepee-peepee! peep-eep! eepepee! eepepee! eepepee!' accompanied by a few trills long continued..."
She encouraged them to express their teeny-tiniest selves with an “eep.”
Verb
To vocalise a short scream or yelp; to produce an eep.
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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.
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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.
Noun
Sleep.
Usage- Internet
- Countable
- Humorous
- Uncountable
Verb
To sleep.
Usage- Internet
- Humorous