Meanings
interjection
- alternativeAlternative form of yikes.
Yipes! she exclaimed suddenly. I forgot to take the ice cream out of the freezer to soften it!
2003, Diane Muldrow, Barbara Pollak, Sweet-and-sour summer1 more example
Their clothes were mostly uninteresting and unflattering. Her eyes lingered on a putrid floral number in fuchsia, hot pink, and turquoise. Yipes.
1998, Karen Kijewski, Stray Kat Waltz
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yipes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yipes
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“yipes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yipes. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yipes,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yipes.
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