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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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verb

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

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Dictionary Entry

yikes

Part of SpeechinterjectionPronunciation/jaɪks/

Expression of shock and alarm.

In a Sentence

“Then she told me I was ‘beautiful, for a black girl’. —Yikes!”

Origin

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Common Phrases

. yikesyikes double
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Synonyms

eekwow

Antonyms

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Related Words

crapdamndarndrategadgeegeezgosh

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