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squee

American

[skwee] / skwi /

interjection

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

OMG! Squee! Your new puppy is so cute!

verb (used without object)

to squeal with joy, excitement, etc..

Fangirls squeed as the convention panel guests walked on stage.

Etymology

Origin of squee

First recorded in 1995–2000; imitative

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

You can’t help but squee along with him.

From The Verge • Mar. 23, 2022

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

From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020

This week, the Internet let out a collective squee upon learning that the early-aughts phenomenon “The O.C.” would soon be coming to Hulu.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2016

Of course, the real lesson is simply try to watch a baby goat and a baby lamb meet a cat for the first time and not squee.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 2013

Asenath loved to say "Miss Hapsie," now and then, to her friend, ever since she had found out what she called her "squee little name."

From Real Folks by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023