EEE-ya-ya-ya.

n.  a chant to the primeval god Cthulhu, as in Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft.

eeee.

(also eeeee.)  interj.  the screeching of fighting rats, as in R-T, Margaret, and the Rats of Nimh by Jane Leslie Conly.


interj.  a cry of pain upon stepping on hot coals, as in The Great Tejon Club Jubilee: Stories by Gerald W. Haslam.


interj.  a cry of passion.

<Eeee, I have never, ever been done like this.  —Corson Hirschfield, Too High.>

interj.  a cry of surprise.

<Suddenly she grasped it and raised it by its ferocious tail, at which point it gave a very human gasp, a surprised eeee!  —Louise Erdich, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse: A Novel.>

interj.  a scream of shock, as in response to a rude remark.

<“Eeee, send him to the Vice, Miss, he’s talking dirty about the restroom,” Slapsie Annie screamed.  —Danny Santiago, Famous All Over Town.>

interj.  a shriek brought on by a staggeringly foul odor, as in The Annotated Chronicles by Margaret Weis.


interj.  a shriek of alarm, as when someone is “freaking out.”

<“Eeee!” Woe Betide screamed, freaking out.  —Piers Anthony, Currant Events: Xanth #28.>

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