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aiee

aiee interjection: a shout of pain or alarm.

Interjection

  1. A shout of pain or alarm.
    • He caught her as she went past and pulled her around. She threw up her hands and closed her good eye. Aiee, she cried. Aiee.2010, Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain, page 239

Forms of aiee

alternative formaieee

Origin of aiee

Onomatopoeic.

Questions about aiee

What does aiee mean?
Aiee means a shout of pain or alarm.
What part of speech is aiee?
Aiee is an interjection.

Words near aiee in the dictionary

  1. AIDSy
  2. Aidyn
  3. aie
  4. aiea
  5. AIed
  6. aiee
  7. aieee
  8. AIEF
  9. Aiello
  10. Aiellos
  11. aieries

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