Used as an expression of alarm, horror, or surprise.
‘it could be regarded as a bit of a novelty single—eek!’
‘Stephen joined us at Caseys (where the scary old man from last time was again… eek!).’
‘Sunday morning and I was a little bit worse for wear… we got ready and Katie headed out to pick up Gareth's auntie for a meet the family meal… eek!’
‘This was a mistake, the world spun, and I had to hold on to the dresser to stop from falling over, my throat seized up, and brought back those razor blades. eek!’
‘As it happens, UK house prices soared in 2002, rising over 25%, while average salaries increased by around 4% - eek!’
‘I'm willing to bet you're charged between 12% and 30% interest per year if you don't pay off your balances in full every month - eek!’
‘Last year we spent - wait for it - £117 billion on plastic - eek!’
‘For example, in London, more than half of all council tax bills will be over £1, 000 - eek!’
‘So while I would be loathe to criticize someone for being out-of-the-loop, musically (cause eek, I hate it when people do that), this does feel a little… cribbed.’
‘I think I'm too much of a scaredy-cat to ever have a party up there, though - drunk people at sort-of-great height, eek.’
‘Carry on north through the tunnel - eek, there be dragons!’
‘The earliest section of the quiz requires you to match the replies given by some random selection of, eek, ordinary people.’
‘It shouldn't be a contest anyway, but if Donna was to suddenly decide she wanted more than a friendship… eek.’
‘I haven't been able to because, eek, band camp is taking up most of my days.’
‘They were so nice, and then they'd move in to kiss me and I'd be like, eew, eek.’
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