Eek
interjection
A noise people make when they are scared or surprised.
Eek! There's a spider on the wall!
Often appears as...
- eek
- a mouse!
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
interjection
A noise people make when they are scared or surprised.
Eek! There's a spider on the wall!
Often appears as...
- eek
- a mouse!
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Colloquial Usage
Used mainly in informal situations among friends or in casual settings.
Eek! That movie gave me the creeps.
Pro Tip 2/3Expressive Sounds
Conveys a sudden fright or surprise through sound, not a word found in formal writing.
Eek! You startled me!
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Perception
Often associated with stereotypical responses to mice or insects in cartoons or movies.
Eek! A mouse!
Pro Tip 1/3Colloquial Usage
Used mainly in informal situations among friends or in casual settings.
Eek! That movie gave me the creeps.
Pro Tip 2/3Expressive Sounds
Conveys a sudden fright or surprise through sound, not a word found in formal writing.
Eek! You startled me!
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Perception
Often associated with stereotypical responses to mice or insects in cartoons or movies.
Eek! A mouse!
Pro Tip 1/3Colloquial Usage
Used mainly in informal situations among friends or in casual settings.
Eek! That movie gave me the creeps.
Pro Tip 2/3Expressive Sounds
Conveys a sudden fright or surprise through sound, not a word found in formal writing.
Eek! You startled me!
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Perception
Often associated with stereotypical responses to mice or insects in cartoons or movies.
Eek! A mouse!
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Video examples
Birth of a nickname -...
Is it that it's a name that has a nick in it? Let's face it, not likely. Actually, in Old English, the word was ekename, and eke meant also or other. You can see eke still used in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in a sentence like, "Whan Zephyrus eek with his sweete breeth," which meant,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 162 PIPE...
small family having a drink a little one on the right struggling a little bit with the trunk hasn't quite got the tick eek down the others are quite synchronised you can see that
Video examples
Bill T. Jones PIPE The...
text to the sky Pele before and after to the groin 19th century melodrama eek a mouse
Video examples
Birth of a nickname -...
Is it that it's a name that has a nick in it? Let's face it, not likely. Actually, in Old English, the word was ekename, and eke meant also or other. You can see eke still used in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in a sentence like, "Whan Zephyrus eek with his sweete breeth," which meant,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 162 PIPE...
small family having a drink a little one on the right struggling a little bit with the trunk hasn't quite got the tick eek down the others are quite synchronised you can see that
Video examples
Bill T. Jones PIPE The...
text to the sky Pele before and after to the groin 19th century melodrama eek a mouse
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Alison Sweeney
American Actress
I always cringe when people tell me they don't eat breakfast, as though that's a good thing. Eek! You have to start the day off with something in your stomach to get your metabolism active. Also, the mental game of 'holding out,' not eating for as long as possible, at least for me, was a really unhealthy mental place.
Quote examples
Colin Salmon
British Actor
I played myself in an Aziz Ansari comedy, and that was funny to see how they saw me... flowing scarves and a flourish of pink! Eek!
Quote examples
Alison Sweeney
American Actress
I always cringe when people tell me they don't eat breakfast, as though that's a good thing. Eek! You have to start the day off with something in your stomach to get your metabolism active. Also, the mental game of 'holding out,' not eating for as long as possible, at least for me, was a really unhealthy mental place.
Quote examples
Colin Salmon
British Actor
I played myself in an Aziz Ansari comedy, and that was funny to see how they saw me... flowing scarves and a flourish of pink! Eek!
Example 1 of 2
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