"eek" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /iːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ik/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eke.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: ēk [General-American] Rhymes: -iːk Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} eek (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of eke (“also”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: eke (extra: also)
    Sense id: en-eek-en-adv-6aZt8Vqq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Interjection

IPA: /iːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ik/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eke.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: ēk [General-American] Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: Imitative Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative Head templates: {{en-interj}} eek
  1. Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books). Tags: onomatopoeic Categories (topical): Animal sounds Translations (scream or shriek): iik (Finnish), hiii (French), chirrido [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-eek-en-intj-JgV440p3 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 3 32 2 16 7 38 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 14 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 33 5 8 7 24 9 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 43 7 7 26 16 Disambiguation of 'scream or shriek': 90 3 8
  2. Expressing (sometimes mock) fear or surprise. Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-eek-en-intj-eauonIky
  3. Representing the shrill vocal sound of a mouse, rat, or monkey. Tags: onomatopoeic Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-eek-en-intj-zX46GexV Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 3 32 2 16 7 38 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /iːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ik/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eke.wav [Southern-England] Forms: eeks [plural]
enPR: ēk [General-American] Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: Clipping of ecaf (“face”), from face via backslang. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|ecaf|t=face}} Clipping of ecaf (“face”), {{m|en|face}} face Head templates: {{en-noun}} eek (plural eeks)
  1. (Polari) A face. Tags: Polari Synonyms: countenance
    Sense id: en-eek-en-noun-fh-FB8IG Categories (other): Polari
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /iːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ik/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eke.wav [Southern-England] Forms: eeks [present, singular, third-person], eeking [participle, present], eeked [participle, past], eeked [past]
enPR: ēk [General-American] Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: Imitative Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative Head templates: {{en-verb}} eek (third-person singular simple present eeks, present participle eeking, simple past and past participle eeked)
  1. To produce a high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation. Tags: onomatopoeic Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-eek-en-verb-uYiMlLJv Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 3 32 2 16 7 38 1
  2. (slang, ethnic slur, offensive) Of a black person, to speak nonsense or gibberish. Tags: ethnic, offensive, onomatopoeic, slang, slur
    Sense id: en-eek-en-verb-wf34EmSK Categories (other): English ethnic slurs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ook, eep, meep
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "scream or shriek",
      "word": "iik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "scream or shriek",
      "word": "hiii"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "scream or shriek",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chirrido"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eek"
}

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        "present",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "word": "ook"
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      "word": "eep"
    },
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      "word": "meep"
    }
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Paul Gelder, Yachting Monthly's Further Confessions",
          "text": "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!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Isaac E. Washington, The Stars in My Dreams, page 106",
          "text": "We saw a frog and she eeked in terror again from the sight of it hopping near her.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To produce a high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation."
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          "fear",
          "fear"
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          "trepidation",
          "trepidation"
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        "onomatopoeic"
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        "English offensive terms",
        "English slang"
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        "Of a black person, to speak nonsense or gibberish."
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        ],
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        "(slang, ethnic slur, offensive) Of a black person, to speak nonsense or gibberish."
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      "ipa": "/iːk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ik/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "eke"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːk"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eke.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ēk",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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      ]
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        {
          "text": "How bona to vada your eek! ― How good to see your face!",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1966, Barry Took, Marty Feldman, Round the Horne, season 2, spoken by either Julian or Sandy (either Hugh Paddick or Kenneth Williams)",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 October 12, Adam Lowe, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Though she's a bimbo bit of hard, / she’s royal and tart. And girl, you know / vadaing her eek is always bona.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Daren Kay, “Twinkle, twinkle, little star”, in The Brightonians (ebook)",
          "text": "[H]e plonked his corybungus down and turned his eek to the driver.",
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        }
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        "A face."
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        ],
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          "face",
          "face"
        ]
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        "(Polari) A face."
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        "Polari"
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      "ipa": "/iːk/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ik/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "homophone": "eke"
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      "rhymes": "-iːk"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ēk",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "countenance"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English uncomparable adverbs",
    "Rhymes:English/iːk",
    "Rhymes:English/iːk/1 syllable",
    "en:Animal sounds"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "ipa": "/ik/",
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        "General-American"
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      "rhymes": "-iːk"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    },
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      "enpr": "ēk",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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}

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