different between eek vs eef
eek
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?k, IPA(key): /i?k/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ik/
- Homophone: eke
- Rhymes: -i?k
Etymology 1
Imitative; compare eep.
Interjection
eek
- (onomatopoeia) Representing a scream or shriek (especially in comic strips and books).
- (onomatopoeia) Expressing (sometimes mock) fear or surprise.
- (onomatopoeia) Representing the shrill vocal sound of a mouse, rat, or monkey.
Translations
Verb
eek (third-person singular simple present eeks, present participle eeking, simple past and past participle eeked)
- (onomatopoeia) To produce a high-pitched squeal, as in fear or trepidation.
- 2009, Paul Gelder, Yachting Monthly's Further Confessions
- She was dangling the mouse by its tail, but as it tried to arch upwards and bite, she started to jig about wildly […] The anglers had watched a beautiful young woman dance naked beneath a full moon to the feverish rhythm of unworldly eeking noises!
- 2011, Isaac E. Washington, The Stars in My Dreams (page 106)
- We saw a frog and she eeked in terror again from the sight of it hopping near her.
- 2009, Paul Gelder, Yachting Monthly's Further Confessions
Etymology 2
Clipping of ecaf (“face”), from face via backslang.
Noun
eek (plural eeks)
- (Polari) Face
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:countenance
Etymology 3
Adverb
eek (not comparable)
- (obsolete) also
- c. 1387: Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales ("General Prologue")
- Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth / Inspired hath in every holt and heeth / The tendre croppes
- c. 1387: Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales ("General Prologue")
Anagrams
- Kee, eke, kee
Atong (India)
Etymology
From Hindi ?? (ek).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e?k/
Numeral
eek (Bengali script ???)
- one
Synonyms
- sa
- rongsa
- wan
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 3.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch eec. Doublet of eik (“oak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e?k/
- Hyphenation: eek
- Rhymes: -e?k
Noun
eek f (plural eken, diminutive eekje n)
- oak bark
Synonyms
- eikenschors
Middle English
Adverb
eek
- Alternative form of ek
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 5-6.
- Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth
- Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 5-6.
eek From the web:
- what week of the year is it
- what week are we in
- what week is it
- what week are we in 2021
- what week of the year are we in
- what week is third trimester
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eef
English
Etymology 1
Verb
eef (third-person singular simple present eefs, present participle eefing, simple past and past participle eefed)
- To make a vocal rhythm in which some sounds are made by inhaling.
- To inhale as part of such a rhythm.
Etymology 2
Conjunction
eef
- Nonstandard spelling of if representing old-fashioned AAVE or various accents, including Latin-American, French or Romani.
Anagrams
- EFE, fee
eef From the web:
- what if
- what if movie
- what if god was one of us
- what if netflix
- what if we kissed meme
- what if release date
- what if it's us
- what if cast
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