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yeeeeee.
(also yeeeeeeee).  interj.  a comical cry of shock.

<It was a hell of a funny sound, like a siren with a slippy chain that can’t quite get started.  “Yeeeeee!” he said.  “Yeeeeee!”  It sounded funny as hell, and he looked funny as hell.  —Jim Thompson, The Killer Inside Me.>

pron.  the plural form of “thou”; see also ye.

<Much of everything seems to be a matter of racketeering, frauds, fakes, catchdollar tricks, falsehood and the like.  Yeeeeee Gods!  —James C. Whorton, Inner Hygiene: Constipation and the Pursuit of Health in Modern Society.>

yeeeeeee.
interj.  a screamed scolding by an Aikido master, as in Remembering O-Sensei: Living and Training with Morihei Ueshiba, Founder of Aikido by Susan Perry.


interj.  an ear-splitting cry of agony, as discussed in For the Love of Mike: More of the Best of Mike Royko by Mike Royko.


yeeeeeeee yeeeeee.
interj.  a bone-chilling wail, as in The Illusion by K. A. Applegate.


Yeeu.
n.  a stream in Cameroon.


Yeeyo.
n.  a waterhole in the Jubbada Hoose region of Somalia.



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