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eek¹

  • /iːk/ UK
  • /ik/ US

Sounds like eke · Rhymes with -iːk, -iː

Where it comes from

Imitative

interjection

  1. onomatopoeic Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books). Eek! There's a mouse in the bathtub!
  2. onomatopoeic Expressing (sometimes mock) fear or surprise. I almost got fired from my job yesterday. Eek!
  3. onomatopoeic Representing the shrill vocal sound of a mouse, rat, or monkey.

verb eeks · eeking · eeked

  1. onomatopoeic To produce a high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation. 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!
  2. ethnic, offensive, onomatopoeic, slang, slur Of a black person, to speak nonsense or gibberish.

noun eeks

  1. onomatopoeic A high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation. 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,

eek²

  • /iːk/ UK
  • /ik/ US

Sounds like eke · Rhymes with -iːk, -iː

Where it comes from

Clipping of ecaf (“face”), from face via backslang.

noun eeks

  1. Polari, onomatopoeic A face. How bona to vada your eek!

    Similar: countenance

eek³

  • /iːk/ UK
  • /ik/ US

Sounds like eke · Rhymes with -iːk, -iː

adverb

  1. alternative, not comparable, onomatopoeic Alternative form of eke (“also”).

Eek⁴

proper noun

  1. A river in Alaska.

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intj scream or shriek

Españolchirrido, alalao, alalau, alalay
Françaishiii

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"eek." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/eek. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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eek. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/eek

Chicago

"eek." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/eek.

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@misc{eek_2026,
  title = {eek},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eek},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}