yeee.

n.  the singing sounds of a mountain hollow when a fierce wind passes through; see also yuuu.

<[When filled with wind, the mountain forest hollows] roar like waves, whistle like arrows, screech, gasp, cry, wail, moan, and howl, those in the lead calling out yeee!, those behind calling out yuuu!  —Zhuangzi, Zhuangzi: Basic Writings.>

yeee yeee.

n.  the howl of a wounded wild boar, as described in Children of the Plains by Paul B. Thompson; see also ye-ye-ye.

yeee-yeee.

n.  the begging call of the young Merlin bird, as described in A Field Guide to the Birds of China by John MacKinnon.

yeeee.

interj.  a scream for help, as upon being tied to an explosive device in the graphic novel Great Teacher Onizuka #12 by Tohru Fujisawa.


interj.  a throaty gasp of shock, as upon stumbling upon a hanged man in the graphic novel Great Teacher Onizuka #12 by Tohru Fujisawa.


interj.  a vocalized shudder, as in response to a bad rhyme in Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask by Jim Munroe.


interj.  an exclamation of sincerity; truly.

<A mean hog’s real meal, all right.  That’s no lie, let me tell you.  Mean.  Yeeee.  —William H. Gass, Omensetter’s Luck: A Novel.>

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