aieeee.

interj.  a sound standing for all the words that can’t be said at once.

<Eddie jumped into Hank’s arm, flung himself against Hank’s chest, chattering madly, and feeling that he had a long and desperate story to tell.  “Aieeee!”  Eddie was even inventing new words.  —Patricia Highsmith, The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith.>

interj.  a yell of frustration, as in “Tail of the Fox” by Bruce Cox.


interj.  an expression of amazement.

<I remember once saying to a man I was infatuated with, who wanted to have a huge family, that I would love to have ten children with him!  Aieeee!  What love—or lust—can make us say!  —Pepper Schwartz, Everything You Know About Love and Sex is Wrong: Twenty-Five Relationship Myths Redefined to Achieve Happiness and Fulfillment in Your Intimate Life.>

interj.  the sound of the exertion of intense willpower.

<Aieeee!  I physically restrained him from taking another step.  —Melissa de la Cruz, Cat’s Meow: A Novel.>

n.  the squeal of a brown bat, as described by Francisco Azinsan in “Stopping to Ask for Directions.”

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