yipes

English

Interjection

yipes

1. Alternative form of yikes
   • 2003, Diane Muldrow, Barbara Pollak, Sweet-and-sour summer:

     Yipes! she exclaimed suddenly. I forgot to take the ice cream out of the freezer to soften it!

   • 1998, Karen Kijewski, Stray Kat Waltz:

     Their clothes were mostly uninteresting and unflattering. Her eyes lingered on a putrid floral number in fuchsia, hot pink, and turquoise. Yipes.