Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- An obsolete form of eke.
- To itch.
Wiktionary
- interj. Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips).
- interj. Expressing (sometimes vicarious) fear or trepidation.
- interj. The sound of a mouse or rat.
- adv. also, in addition, besides
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. See eke.
Examples
“Since when has "eek" ing by with a 2% lead in a vote considered a victory? ... a game-changer?”
“And there's definitely a huge "eek" factor if you will, Kiran, when it comes to cloned meat or cloned milk.”
“The problem is not the protagonist doing something "eek," but with not being able to respect the protagonist's stupid decision as would be the case if the reader can see making that choice, even though the reader knows that it's the wrong one, and the reader is torn up right along with the protagonist.”
“I'm not that much of a girly girl but when it comes to things like that I can "eek" with the best of them.”
“It drew to a halt in front of the elegant stone entrance to the main building, and then began to trundle slowly backwards again until its occupant yanked on the handbrake, which evoked from the car a sort of strangled "eek".”
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“This year marks the 25th anniversary of the original Guffey Chicken Fly, an event that puts the "eek" into "unique.”
“I'm going to guess that question came either before the photo where she has the "eek" face or the one where Tatum gives her a humored look.”
“She let out a small 'eek' sound when she noticed not only the three agents walking her way, but the one who set the trap, My.”
“As logisticians we must constantly be thinking about what we can do to 'eek' out even the tiniest bits of improvement in productivity.”
“- and fully 47\% of you went with the "eek" option.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘eek’.
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Home Sweet Home
Actual Towns and Cities with Poetic Names.
If you know where the town is located please put that in the comments. All of mine came out of a zip code directory.phlox, blue mountain, battles wharf, robinwood, blue spring, coffee springs, cottage hill, hazel green, highland home, sunflower, three notch, circle and 94 more...
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sound (loud)
words for loud sounds
( descriptive, randomness )crash, thud, bump, thump, boom, smash, explode, roar, scream, screech, short, yell and 167 more...
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Cartoonish
wham, eek, bang, kaboom, boohoo, kerpow, wallop, argh, ouch, yipes, *sigh*, aiee and 7 more...
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expressive interjections
little words that make a big difference
Aha, Ack, Ah, Ahem, Aw, Argh, Aye, Bah, Blah, blech, boo, boo-hoo and 6 more...

lampbane Eek Airport. Oct 24, 2008
skipvia A small Yupik village in Southwest Alaska. The name translates as our eyes. Jan 1, 2008