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yikes

[yahyks]

interjection

  1. (an exclamation of surprise or alarm.)



yikes

/ ˈᲹ /

interjection

  1. informalan expression of surprise, fear, or alarm

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of yikes1

First recorded in 1940–45; possibly from yoicks
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Example Sentences

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They can be summarized in one, simple word: yikes!

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Each woman’s torrid romantic past is well-documented, but if you’re not up to speed, don’t worry, because they can be summarized in one, simple word: yikes!

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In an Oval Office meeting with Trump this week—yikes!—Loomer presented him with a “list of people she believed were disloyal to the president” primarily on the National Security Council.

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Then audiences started actually seeing it and…yikes.

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As one tireless right-wing correspondent who emails Salon several times a day often puts it, “Yikes Lib/Dems! Ouch Lib/Dems!”

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