| Startled exclamation |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Nov 2025 |
| "Eek!" |
LA Times Daily |
04 Nov 2025 |
| "Holy moly!" |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Sep 2025 |
| Cry of dismay |
Newsday |
29 Aug 2025 |
| "Egads!" |
Commuter |
28 Aug 2025 |
| Pained cry |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2025 |
| "Omigosh!" |
Newsday |
10 Feb 2025 |
| "Jeepers!" |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Nov 2024 |
| "Eek!" |
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| "Omigosh" |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2024 |
| Alarmed cry |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Mar 2024 |
| Cry of alarm |
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| ''Oh no!'' |
Newsday |
07 Nov 2023 |
| 'Egad!' |
New York Times |
04 Sep 2023 |
| Startled cry |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jul 2023 |
| Pained cry |
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| 'Omigosh!' |
Newsday |
29 Jul 2022 |
| Cry of alarm like "Yikes!" |
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| Cry of pain |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jul 2022 |
| "Goodness me!" |
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| Alarmed exclamation (rhymes with "ripe") |
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| Cry of surprise |
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| "Eek!" |
Universal |
28 Mar 2022 |
| “Oh my!” |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Mar 2022 |
| Cry of alarm like "Yikes!" |
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| “Jeepers!” |
New York Times |
03 Oct 2021 |
| 'Egads!' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Sep 2021 |
| 'Crikey!' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
23 May 2021 |
| 'Eek!' |
New York Times |
26 Apr 2021 |
| "Omigosh!" |
Universal |
28 Sep 2020 |
| "Zowie!" and "Eek!" kin |
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| Frightened exclamation |
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| 'Jeepers!' |
New York Times |
07 May 2020 |
| Cry of surprise |
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| "Gadzooks!" |
Premier Sunday |
29 Mar 2020 |
| Cry of pain |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2020 |
| 'Holy cow!' |
New York Times |
03 Oct 2019 |
| Frightened exclamation |
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| 'Holy Toledo!' |
USA Today |
14 Aug 2019 |
| "Holy cow!" (cry of surprise) |
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| 'Holy moly!' |
New York Times |
05 Apr 2019 |
| "Holy Toledo!" |
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| "Holy moly!" |
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| "Holy cow!" |
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| Cry of pain |
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| "Eek" alternative |
|
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| "Jeepers!" |
LA Times Daily |
21 May 2018 |
| 'Jeepers!' |
The Washington Post |
21 May 2018 |
| Cry of fright similar to "Yikes!" |
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| "Jeepers!" |
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| "Oh no!" |
USA Today |
12 Dec 2017 |
| "Omigosh!" |
USA Today |
16 Oct 2017 |
| "Eek!" (Horrified cry) |
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| ''Oh no!'' |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2017 |
| Cry of fright |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2017 |
| Frightened exclamation |
The Washington Post |
27 Mar 2017 |
| Frightened exclamation |
LA Times Daily |
27 Mar 2017 |
| Cry of dismay |
Newsday |
18 Jan 2017 |
| "Oh no!" |
|
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| "Omigosh!" |
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| 'Omigosh!' |
The Washington Post |
26 Dec 2016 |
| "Eek!" |
LA Times Daily |
28 Nov 2016 |
| "Geez!" |
LA Times Daily |
02 Nov 2016 |
| Cry of surprise |
The Washington Post |
11 Oct 2016 |
| "Holy cow!" |
Universal |
03 Apr 2016 |
| "Geez!" |
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| "Eek!" |
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| Cry of alarm |
Newsday |
20 Dec 2015 |
| 'Holy moly!' |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Dec 2015 |
| Yelp |
Canadiana |
07 Dec 2015 |
| "Good grief!" |
LA Times Daily |
03 Oct 2015 |
| 'Criminy!' |
Premier Sunday |
06 Sep 2015 |
| "Heavens to Betsy!" |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jan 2015 |
| ''Omigosh!'' |
Newsday |
12 Jan 2015 |
| "Heavens to Betsy!" |
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| "Omigosh!" |
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| "Omigosh!" |
|
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| "Holy moly!" |
|
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| Cry of alarm |
|
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| "Horrors!" |
|
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| "Good grief!" |
|
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| 'Criminy!' |
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| "Egad!" |
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| Ore deposit |
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| Cry of pain |
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| "Eek!" |
|
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| "Omigosh!" |
|
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| Tail-pulling cry |
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| "Holy cow!" |
|
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| "Gadzooks!" |
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| "Egad!" |
|
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| Cry of pain |
|
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| "Oh no!" |
|
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| "Eek!" |
|
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| "Oh, my!" |
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| "Holy cow!" |
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| Exclamation of surprise |
|
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| Cry of pain |
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| Cry of dismay |
|
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| "OMG!" |
|
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| "Oh, my goodness!" |
|
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| "Holy cow!" |
|
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| "Crikey!" |
|
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| "Gadzooks!" |
|
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| "Goodness me!" |
|
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| "Holy cow!" |
|
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| Daffy Duck cry |
|
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| "Goodness me!" |
|
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| "Good grief!" |
|
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| "Wow!" |
|
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| Horrified cry |
|
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| "Holy Toledo!" |
|
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| "Holy Toledo!" |
|
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| "Whoa!" |
|
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| Frightened utterance |
|
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| Startled cry |
|
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| Startled cry |
|
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| 'Egad!' |
|
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| "Eek!" |
|
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| Cry of surprise |
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| Cry of surprise |
|
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| Cry of dismay |
|
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| Kin of "Zowie!" |
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| Recoiler's cry |
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| Recoiler's cry |
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| Cry of alarm |
|
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| Exclamation of surprise |
|
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| Cry of surprise |
|
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| Kin of "Zowie!" |
|
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| Pained cry |
|
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| "Egad!" |
|
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| Cry of fright |
|
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| "Eek!" |
|
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| Startled exclamation |
|
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| Cry of dismay |
|
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| Startled cry |
|
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| Startled exclamation |
|
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| Word of surprise |
|
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| "Omigod!" |
|
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| Sharp cry |
|
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| "Holy moly!" |
|
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| "Oh, my goodness!" |
|
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| Cry of alarm |
|
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| Sharp cry |
|
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| "Gosh!" |
|
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| "Holy cow!" |
|
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| Frightened cry |
|
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| Sound of surprise |
|
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| "Oh, my!" |
|
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| Cry out sharply |
|
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| "Uh-oh!" |
|
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| 'Ouch!' |
|
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| Cry of alarm |
|
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| "Holy Toledo!" |
|
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| "Aargh!" |
|
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| "Oh, no!" |
|
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| "Oh, no!" |
|
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| "My goodness!" |
|
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| "Oh, no!" |
|
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| Cry out sharply |
|
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| Cry of pain |
|
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| "Horrors!" |
|
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| "Oh no!" |
|
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| Cry of surprise |
|
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| Exclamation of surprise |
|
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| "Aargh!" |
|
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| Cry out sharply |
|
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| Cry of alarm |
|
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| Egads! |
|
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| "Holy moly!" |
|
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| Pup lament |
|
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| Pained cry |
|
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| "Oh, my!" |
|
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| Holy cow! |
|
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| Eek! |
|
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| Canine protest |
|
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| Cry out sharply |
|
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| Cry of alarm |
|
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| Complain shrilly |
|
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| Bark |
|
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| Kennel sound |
|
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| Dog sound |
|
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| [gulp!] |
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| Kennel sound. |
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| Canine cry |
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| [gulp] |
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| Ouch!, slangy style. |
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| Fido's plaint. |
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