eeeeeee.

interj.  a squeal at having one’s hiding place discovered, as in The Prophecy by K. A. Applegate.


interj.  the desperate shriek of a person on fire.

<[W]ith each tortured breath he sucked flames into his lungs.  “Eeeeeee!” the human torch shrieked.  —David Sherman, Starfist: Steel Gauntlet.>

n.  an animal howl indicative of an emotional breakdown.

<You turned and ran toward a wall, turned again and rushed to the opposite wall, wailing and wailing a high, horrible note: Eeeeeee!  —Walter Wangerin Jr., Mourning Into Dancing.>

n.  the call of the Cedar Waxwing bird, “a high sibilant eeeeeee, slightly tremulous” (Steven L. Hilty, A Guide to the Birds of Columbia).


n.  the scream of a police car siren.

<EEEEEEE!  A squad car tore suddenly down the street, sirens screaming, red, white, and blue lights flashing on the top in an alternating pattern.  —Lisa Scottoline, Legal Tender.>

n.  the sound of teeth gnashing in frustration and anger.

<“Eeeeeee,” my mother gnashes her teeth.  Her hands do a slow-motion dance of frustration.  —Lisa Lerner, Just Like Beauty: A Novel.>

eeeeeee eeeee.

n.  the squealing sound of a barnyard sow, as in Loose Balls: Easy Money, Hard Fouls, Cheap Laughs, and True Love in the NBA by Jayson Williams.

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