Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books).
2. Expressing (sometimes mock) fear or surprise.
3. Representing the shrill vocal sound of a mouse, rat, or monkey.
4. To produce a high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation.
5. (slang, ethnic slur, offensive) Of a black person, to speak nonsense or gibberish.
6. (Polari) A face.
7. Alternative form of eke (“also”).

Example Sentences

Eek! There's a mouse in the bathtub!

I almost got fired from my job yesterday. Eek!

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.

“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.

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.

Word Forms

• eeks
• eeking
• eeked

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When Should You Use Eek?

Use eek when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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