yikes
(an exclamation of surprise or alarm.)
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How to use yikes in a sentence
I did a little research and now, I mean, yikes, he's the guy that's okay with letting schools forcibly pin down autistic kids.
Bill Maher Finds the Worst Congressman in America | Ana Marie Cox | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd could he—yikes—actually be not just inconvenienced but actually ill?
Everything You Wanted To Know About Bob Costas’s Olympic Pinkeye | Kent Sepkowitz | February 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the same episode, by the way, MacKenzie and Sloan “bond” over their shared manicurist—yikes!
HBO’s ‘The Newsroom’: Aaron Sorkin’s Woman Problem | Jace Lacob, Maureen Ryan | July 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTYite I yikes, and boo I yikes; and my dear papa be so very angy, when I tells him all about it.'
The Maid of Sker | Richard Doddridge Blackmore“Totty yikes oogar,” said the sticky cause of the mischief, in treacly tones.
A Little World | George Manville Fenn
Geo had only gotten half clear of the entrance when he yelled, "yikes," and then, "Duck!"
The Jewels of Aptor | Samuel R. Delany
British Dictionary definitions for yikes
/ (ˈjaiks) /
informal an expression of surprise, fear, or alarm
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