A fork of Rural Dictionary
An exclamatory phrase used in response to a friend's minor medical calamity.
Margaux: Don't eat the spinach! There's a salmonella recall!
Michelle: (chomping away)...huh?
Margaux: Yikes...
Raj: I got a mosquito bite on the hump of my nose! It looked like it came straight out of an antisemitic drawing!
Jenny: Yikes!
An informal exclamation used when someone says something so incomprehensible or ridiculous that it's not worth correcting or trying to debate.
> You know, Crooked Hillary sold child slaves at that pizza shop!!
> yikes.
A reaction to when something terrible, awkward, shady, or odd happens.
"I saw Sarah leave the back room of the party last night with Freddy but today she's holding hands and kissing Jason."
"...Yikes."
Modern slang for breaking-up with someone. Commonly misunderstood for "yikes" which is used to imply something is negative.
"if what I think on that subject is actually a problem for you... Yike."