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eep¹

  • /iːp/ UK
  • /ip/ US

Rhymes with -iːp

Where it comes from

Imitative.

interjection

  1. onomatopoeic An expression of surprise or dismay. Hot-dog vendor: "Get him!" Bart: "Eep."

    Similar: wow, yikes

noun eeps

  1. A short scream or yelp. "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..."

verb eeps · eeping · eeped

  1. To vocalise a short scream or yelp; to produce an eep. Now there are fulfilled women happily “eeping” all over the Bay Area. I swear to you this is true.

eep²

  • /iːp/ UK
  • /ip/ US

Rhymes with -iːp

Where it comes from

Back-formation from eepy.

noun eeps

  1. Internet, countable, humorous, uncountable Sleep.

verb eeps · eeping · eeped · ept

  1. Internet, humorous To sleep.

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

APA

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{eep_2026,
  title = {eep},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eep},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}