eep

intj, noun, verb — 5 senses

eep

intj

UK /iːp/ · US /ip/

Etymology Imitative.

1

Onomatopoeic An expression of surprise or dismay.

Hot-dog vendor: "Get him!" Bart: "Eep."1993, “Bart's Inner Child”, in The Simpsons:
Then she ripped the door off its hinges and bent the flimsy metal in half between her hands. "Eep," I said.2000, Adam Cadre, Ready, Okay!, New York: Harper Collins, →ISBN, →OCLC:

1 more example

On the opposite side a bottle crashed. Shards twinkle screamed in a circle around her head. “Eep,” she said, breathed, and nearly screamed.2000, John Palisano, Journey Through Time, Authorhouse, →ISBN, page 9:

Synonyms: wow, yikes
Related terms: eek, meep

eep

noun

Etymology Imitative.

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..."1853, Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew, editors, The Knickerbocker, page 460:
She encouraged them to express their teeny-tiniest selves with an “eep.”2002, Randy Peyser, Crappy to Happy, Red Wheel, →ISBN, page 29:

eep

verb

Etymology Imitative.

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.2002, Randy Peyser, Crappy to Happy, Red Wheel, →ISBN, page 29:
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.2002, Chris Crutcher, “The Other Pin”, in Athletic Shorts, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 75:

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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.2003, John Treadwell Nichols, The Voice of the Butterfly, →ISBN, page 160:

eep

noun

Etymology Back-formation from eepy.

1

Internet, Humorous Sleep.

eep

verb

Etymology Back-formation from eepy.

1

Internet, Humorous To sleep.

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