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(also eeee.)  interj.  the cheering cry of animals in the Ashanti folktale “Anansi Proves He Is the Oldest,” retold in A Treasury of African Folklore, Second Edition, by Harold Courlander.


(also eeee.)  n.  the muffled vowel sound of an inaudible statement.

<The officer was saying something.  All Lang could make out was the vowel sound, the “eeee” that would have been a shriek if it hadn’t been spoken in such a soft voice.  “What?”  “Eeeeee.”  A hand reached toward the ignition.  —Mary Gardner, Boat People: A Novel.>

(also eeeee.)  n.  the sound of a baby singing.

<The sounds become wetter and drop to a gurgle or gargle, rise suddenly to another grinning eeeeee which changes in pitch: eeeeeeEEEEEEeeeeeeEEEEEEE.  —Steven Millhauser, Edwin Mullhouse.>

interj.  a comic book fanboy’s squeal of excitement at meeting a mythological creature, as in the comic strip “PvP” by Scott R. Kurtz.


interj.  a cry of shock, as upon discovering the living heart of a baby in the refrigerator in The Original Last Wish Baby by William Seebring.


interj.  a high-pitched cry of surprise, as when one is struck by cold air.

<A fairly stoic child, he wiggled and squirmed, but didn’t screech, instead making high-pitched “Eeeeee” noises.  —Diana Gabaldon, The Outlandish Companion.>

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