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Yikes
interjection
/jaɪks/
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Word Frequency:
0.1
Definitions
1.
interjection
Expression of shock and alarm.
"Then she told me I was ‘beautiful, for a black girl’. —Yikes!"
2.
interjection
Expression of empathy with unpleasant or undesirable circumstances.
"John has lost his job and can't pay his mortgage; yikes!"
Synonyms
eek
wow
crap
damn
darn
drat
egad
gee
geez
gosh
jeez
oop
Rhymes With
strikes
spikes
dikes
turnpikes
tykes
shrikes
pikes
mikes
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