squee

[skwee]

interjection

1. (used as an expression of joy, excitement, celebration, or the like).

   OMG! Squee! Your new puppy is so cute!

verb (used without object)

1. to squeal with joy, excitement, etc..

   Fangirls squeed as the convention panel guests walked on stage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of squee¹

First recorded in 1995–2000; imitative

Example Sentences

His voice cracked and his face scrunched not when he spoke of the promise of our nation, of the struggle of prep school boys with friends named Squee.

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You can’t help but squee along with him.

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Just recently, we saw what that kind of love haste looks like, with a Bachelorette who squee’d, “I just met my husband!” on first sight.

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“Do big kids squee?” she wrote.

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I can’t see how a little squee would hurt.

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