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Eep

//iːp// intj, noun, verb

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    An expression of surprise or dismay. onomatopoeic

    "Hot-dog vendor: "Get him!" Bart: "Eep.""

Noun
  1. 1
    A short scream or yelp.

    ""Then the peepers begin on a high key, with a singularly sweet and lucid voice, somewhere betwixt a silver-whistle and a glass-bell, smacking little of the mid: 'Eep!-eep-eep-eep! ee ee-ee! eepee! eepee-peepee! peep-eep! eepepee! eepepee! eepepee!' accompanied by a few trills long continued...""

  2. 2
    Sleep. Internet, countable, humorous, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To vocalise a short scream or yelp; to produce an eep.

    "Now there are fulfilled women happily “eeping” all over the Bay Area. I swear to you this is true."

  2. 2
    To sleep. Internet, humorous

Etymology

Etymology 1

Imitative.

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Etymology 3

Imitative.

Etymology 4

Back-formation from eepy.

Etymology 5

Back-formation from eepy.

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