Eep

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.4 Quotations 1.5 Verb 1.6 Quotations

English

Pronunciation

• /ip/

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

eep

1. A short scream or yelp, usually of the word ‘eep’. (Also used as interjection.)

Quotations

• 2000, Adam Cadre, Ready, Okay!

  Then she ripped the door off its hinges and bent the flimsy metal in half between her hands.

  “Eep,” I said.

• 2000, John Palisano, Journey Through Time [1]

  On the opposite side a bottle crashed. Shards twinkle screamed in a circle around her head. “Eep,” she said, breathed, and nearly screamed.

• 2002, Randy Peyser, Crappy to Happy [2]

  She encouraged them to express their teeny-tiniest selves with an “eep.”

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Verb

eep

1. To vocalise an short scream or yelp; to produce an eep.

Quotations

• 2002, Randy Peyser, Crappy to Happy [3]

  Now there are fulfilled women happily “eeping” all over the Bay Area. I swear to you this is true.

• 2002, Chris Crutcher, “The Other Pin,” in Athletic Shorts [4]

  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.

• 2003, John Treadwell Nichols, The Voice of the Butterfly [5]

  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.