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n.  an apology.

<“Eeee, dearies, I’m sorry,” said Gramma from under her skirt.  “I’m a miserable sinner.”  —B. J. Chute, Greenwillow.>

n.  an eagle’s cry.

<Occasionally the high-pitched “eeee” of an eagle can be heard overhead, and at night there are the thumps of armadillos under the floors of the shabby little cabins, and from the creek and swamp the raucous squawk of limpkins.  —Bailey White, Sleeping at the Starlight Motel: And Other Adventures on the Way Back Home.>

n.  an Eskimo affirmation; yes.

<”Eeee, eeee.  Yes, yes,” answered the others.  —James Houston, White Dawn: An Eskimo Sage.>

n.  an expression of disbelief.

<“Eeee... can... can the land change so much, in this million years?  —Thomas Harlan, House of Reeds.>

n.  the aggressive screech of an Ewok, as described in The Star Wars Trilogy novelization by George Lucas.


n.  the calling of the letter e.

<The cheerleaders were in their glory.  They screamed up at the bleachers: “GIMME AN E!”  The bleachers screamed back: “EEEE!”  —Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl.> <“So I says, Ernie,” screeching out the last eeee in Ernie, “Get off my back.”  —Lynn Breedlove, Godspeed: A Novel.>

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