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yipes

yipes is the alternative form of yikes.

Meaning of yikes

Interjection

(informal, often humorous)

  1. (humorous, informal, often) Expression of shock and alarm.
    • Yikes! A monster!
    Synonyms:
    eek
  2. (humorous, informal, often) Expression of empathy with unpleasant or undesirable circumstances.
    • John has lost his job and can't pay his mortgage; yikes!

Questions about yipes

What is yipes the alternative form of?
Yipes is the alternative form of yikes.

Words near yipes in the dictionary

  1. yinzer
  2. yinzers
  3. yip
  4. yipe
  5. yipee
  6. yipes
  7. Yipin
  8. yipped
  9. yippee
  10. yippee creature
  11. yippee creatures

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yipes (page history and authors); yikes (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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