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Yikes vs Sike - What's the difference?

yikes | sike |

As interjections the difference between yikes and sike

is that yikes is Expressing fear.sike is indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled ("psyched out") one's interlocutor.

As a noun sike is

a gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer.

As a verb sike is

to sigh or sob.

yikes

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • (humorous, slang)
    • Yikes ! A monster!
  • (humorous, slang)
    • John has lost his job and can't pay his mortgage; yikes !

    Synonyms

    * (expressing fear) eek, uh-oh, jeez * (expressing unpleasant surprise) eek, wow (Note: "Wow!" can also be used for a pleasant surprise)

    Anagrams

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    sike

    English

    Alternative forms

    * syke

    Etymology 1

    From the northern form of (etyl) (see (sitch)), from (etyl). Cognate with Norwegian sik. Compare (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer.
    • The wind made wave the red weed on the dike. bedoven in dank deep was every sike . — A Scotch Winter Evening in 1512

    Etymology 2

    Variant of (siche).

    Verb

  • (archaic) To sigh or sob.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A sigh.

    • Etymology 3

    Variant of (psych).

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled ("psyched out") one's interlocutor.

    • Anagrams

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