yikes
interjection
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Definition of yikes
—used to express fear or astonishment Yikes! The pavement is hot!— Scott ForesmanAnother monster crawled through a different doorway, quickly followed by a third, and then a fourth. "Yikes!" said Annie.— Mary Pope OsborneYikes! The 'mullet' rears its ugly head again…— Vanessa Thorpe
Examples of yikes in a Sentence
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Racked with nerves, 23-year-old Wodark prepped her boyfriend's skin, put on rubber gloves and even started revving up the tattoo gun (yikes!). — Samantha Brodsky, Good Housekeeping, "Tattoo Artist Proposes to His Girlfriend in the Riskiest Way Ever," 5 July 2017 In the dining room, walls coated in slate blue, gray blue, or navy blue with white shiplap (yes please!) were worth $1,926 more, and red dining rooms took a $2,031 hit (yikes!). — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, "This Is the Paint Color You Should Use If You Want Your Home to Sell," 1 June 2017 Her looks often involve a lot of real props, including live snails, grass, flowers, wasps (yikes!), and fake blood. — Rosemary Donahue, Allure, "This Makeup Artist Uses ACTUAL Bugs and Grass for Her Instagram Looks," 28 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'yikes.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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yikes
interjection
English Language Learners Definition of yikes
informal
—used to express a feeling of fear or surprise
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