Eek

Quick meaning: Eek is an interjection meaning Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books).

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

How bona to vada your eek!

Eek! There's a mouse in the bathtub!

I almost got fired from my job yesterday. Eek!

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

Word Forms

• eeks
• eeking
• eeked

Synonyms for eek

Depending on context, synonyms include countenance.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include krona, krone, kroner, crowns, koruny, squeal.

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