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Eek meaning

  1. Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books).
  2. Expressing (sometimes mock) fear or surprise.
  3. Representing the shrill vocal sound of a mouse, rat, or monkey.

Using Eek

  • The main meaning on this page is: Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books). | Expressing (sometimes mock) fear or surprise. | Representing the shrill vocal sound of a mouse, rat, or monkey.
  • In the example corpus, eek often appears in combinations such as: eek out, to eek, by eek.

Context around Eek

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

lovely 1×

Often after:

permission 1×

Sentence patterns with Eek

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

2008 by eek 6 1 1× 4 million eek 1× cardinals to eek out a 1× eek if i 1× effort from eek and from 1× expenditure by eek 3 2 1× founder of eek 1× have to eek permission for 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

eek if i 1× jumanji welcome to 1× let s look 1× searchers joined the 1× the eur usd 1× the revenue of 1×

Common sentence endings:

3 2 billion 1× 4 million eek 1× a playoff appearance 1× and goodnews bay 1× and neck competition 1× be legally made 1×

Words around Eek

Just before it in the word index:

eeip 2 eei 13 eeh 3 eegs 3 eega 2 eeg 53

Just after it in the word index:

eel 109 eela 5 eelam 12 eelco 6 eelection 2 eelgrass 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Eek

  • In this selection, "eek" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, lovely and permission stand out and add context to how "eek" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 2008 by eek 6 1 and 4 million eek. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "eek" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with eek

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Your lovely eek and your lovely riah. (7 words)

We’re all about choices!” said Bobby Ricci, CEO and Founder of Eek! (13 words)

Searchers joined the effort from Eek and from the nearby communities of Kongiganak and Goodnews Bay. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Let’s look at the final eight games of the season over the next seven slides (they will play the Los Angeles Rams twice) and discover what must happen for the Cardinals to eek out a playoff appearance. (38 words)

The EUR/USD (€1.2426) has managed to eek out a small gain overnight as optimism continued to flow about a grand coalition in Germany – political parties have said to seek a grand coalition by tomorrow (Feb 6th). (38 words)

Where things were getting frustrating was last year when they’d eek by 24-21, and Prescott had only like 130 pass yards – but then got credit for the W. That’s not the case this year. (37 words)

Exclamation examples

We’re all about choices!” said Bobby Ricci, CEO and Founder of Eek! (13 words)

Example sentences (11)

The revenue of the budget was decreased for 2008 by EEK 6.1 billion and the expenditure by EEK 3.2 billion.

Under the original purchase contracts with Germany they first have to eek permission for a change of "end user" certificates before transfers can be legally made.

Let’s look at the final eight games of the season over the next seven slides (they will play the Los Angeles Rams twice) and discover what must happen for the Cardinals to eek out a playoff appearance.

Searchers joined the effort from Eek and from the nearby communities of Kongiganak and Goodnews Bay.

Eek – if I found out the Broncos were going to draft him I would’ve stayed away.

Where things were getting frustrating was last year when they’d eek by 24-21, and Prescott had only like 130 pass yards – but then got credit for the W. That’s not the case this year.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle might still eek out a win by the end of Sunday, two new releases are currently fighting it out for the top spot in a neck-and-neck competition.

The EUR/USD (€1.2426) has managed to eek out a small gain overnight as optimism continued to flow about a grand coalition in Germany – political parties have said to seek a grand coalition by tomorrow (Feb 6th).

We’re all about choices!” said Bobby Ricci, CEO and Founder of Eek!

With Danish help, Estonian crews began cleaning up the site, although they estimated the likely cost to be as much as 4 million EEK.

Your lovely eek and your lovely riah.

Common combinations with eek

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "eek" in a sentence?
An example: "The revenue of the budget was decreased for 2008 by EEK 6.1 billion and the expenditure by EEK 3.2 billion." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "eek" from authentic English texts.
What does "eek" mean?
Eek means: Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books).
How many example sentences with "eek" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "eek", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.