eep
/ip/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.39 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
An expression of surprise or dismay.
Example Sentences
- "Hot-dog vendor: "Get him!" Bart: "Eep.""
- "Then she ripped the door off its hinges and bent the flimsy metal in half between her hands. "Eep," I said."
- "On the opposite side a bottle crashed. Shards twinkle screamed in a circle around her head. “Eep,” she said, breathed, and nearly screamed."
- ""Then the peepers begin on a high key, with a singularly sweet and lucid voice, somewhere betwixt a silver-whistle and a glass-bell, smacking little of the mid: 'Eep!-eep-eep-eep! ee ee-ee! eepee! eepee-peepee! peep-eep! eepepee! eepepee! eepepee!' accompanied by a few trills long continued...""
- "She encouraged them to express their teeny-tiniest selves with an “eep.”"
- "Now there are fulfilled women happily “eeping” all over the Bay Area. I swear to you this is true."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ip/
- British English: /iːp/