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Word entry · 3 letters

eek

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"Comic-strip cry"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /iːk/Sorted eekStarts with EEnds with K1 cluesCommon crossword word
1E2E3K

Definitions

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

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Eek! There's a mouse in the bathtub!
  • I almost got fired from my job yesterday. Eek!
  • We saw a frog and she eeked in terror again from the sight of it hopping near her.

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