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The correct spelling is yikes.
How to pronounce yikes
/jaɪks/
interjectionIPA: /jaɪks/
Say it like: Yik-es
The correct spelling is yikes. Expression of shock and alarm. For example: "Then she told me I was ‘beautiful, for a black girl’. —Yikes!"
Usage Examples
“Then she told me I was ‘beautiful, for a black girl’. —Yikes!”
“John has lost his job and can't pay his mortgage; yikes!”
Definition
interjection
- 1.Expression of shock and alarm.
- 2.Expression of empathy with unpleasant or undesirable circumstances.
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