eek

adv

1. Alternative form of eke (“also”).

intj

Etymology: Imitative

1. Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books).

   “Eek! There's a mouse in the bathtub!”

2. Expressing (sometimes mock) fear or surprise.

   “I almost got fired from my job yesterday. Eek!”

3. Representing the shrill vocal sound of a mouse, rat, or monkey.

name

1. A river in Alaska.

noun

Etymology: Clipping of ecaf (“face”), from face via backslang.

1. A face.

   “How bona to vada your eek!”

   “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.”

verb

Etymology: Imitative

1. To produce a high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation.

   “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!”

   “We saw a frog and she eeked in terror again from the sight of it hopping near her.”

2. Of a black person, to speak nonsense or gibberish.